beautiful weak mc and beaitful strong fmc are childhood friends, who have a budding romantic intrest in each other, though unexpressed it is evident to everyone, they often undertake in affectionate actions, unknowingly
emperor has a love intrest in the beautfil and powerful fmc who is the general of the nation
the fmc denies the emperor and confess her love for her childhood love
the emperor takes this as treason and asks her to murder her lover as forginvess, for refusing to obey the imperial decree, she is killed, so the fmc dies protecting the mc's weakness and inability to sustain their love
which later mc finds and is furious when he foudn this and vows to protect her, he goes to seeks revenge, he dies in this process