CompletedBefore entering the palace, a fortune teller predicted that Lin Yuan had the "countenance of a noble person." Later, in the warm imperial chambers, the young emperor smiled as he held a brush, drawing a cinnabar floral mark between her brows: "I think the woman in this mirror looks exactly like someone."
"...Who?"
"The one I adore." Lin Yuan realized he had a white moonlight in his heart. It turned out that her supposed "noble countenance" was merely a slight resemblance to this distinguished lady. She treated these years as a spring dream, leaving behind a letter of silk. "Your Majesty, I have reached the age where I should leave the palace. May your journey be long and prosperous, and may I be well."
That day, the wind howled fiercely. The jade cup in the Xuan Shi Hall shattered into frost and snow. Xiao Xun searched all of Chang'an and traveled a thousand miles, finally meeting the person he'd longed for, who walked gracefully towards him. Her eyes were bright, her smile was charming, surpassing all previous memories.
In those smiling eyes, however, he saw another man, grand and distinguished. "And this is...?" "My fiancé, my childhood sweetheart." The hand beneath Xiao Xun's sleeve clenched the sword at his waist.
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Xiao Xun lost his mother at a young age and ascended the throne as a child, controlled by powerful officials. Living under a shadow, he endured for many years, believing his heart had turned to ice. Until that day, under a dark sky and heavy snow, a palace maid stumbled and bumped into his chest. She smiled like the shining sun. It wasn't until she stood beside another man that Xiao Xun realized Lin Yuan's gaze towards him was warm, but devoid of romantic affection. He was the only one lost in her charm.
"Tell me, do you really like him?" Xiao Xun cornered Lin Yuan among the rocks of the imperial garden. The scent of Cangwu wine coiled around her ear. "Yes." "I don't believe you." He cupped her chin, his teeth nearly grinding together, "And I won't allow it!"
How could I be willing to fall into an ice cellar after seeing the warm sun of March? It was I who dwelled in the abyss for too long, mistaking the sun for the moonlight.
* This is a fictional setting. The official system, social structure, food, clothing, housing, transportation, etc., are loosely based on the Western Han Dynasty with some modifications. Please do not associate it with historical figures or engage in strict textual criticism.
* The male and female leads are in a 1V1 relationship, are pure, and have a HE (Happy Ending).
* No female competition.
* It is primarily sweet.
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With one cup of poisoned wine, Huo Yu woke to find the sunlight warm, illuminating the golden hairpin with attached mountain carvings by her bed, and the deep robes of blue and white on the frame. It was her fifth year as Empress. It was spring. At this time, her relationship with Emperor Xiao Zhan was like the melting of winter snow after years, evolving from respectful distance to harmonious bliss.
However, in the deep winter of this year, her father, the powerful official Huo Yan, passed away. The Huo clan, for crimes including embezzlement and selling official positions, were either forced to commit suicide or imprisoned. As the daughter of the Huo clan, Huo Yu was sent to the cold palace of Zhaotai Palace. With the wings of the Huo clan in court clipped, the Emperor gained full authority and changed the era name of the era to "Yuan Guang."
The doors of the Jiao Fang Palace opened. Footsteps drew nearer. The corner of a dark robe appeared from behind the screen. Xiao Zhan carefully held the warmed medicine and brought it to her lips. Huo Yu looked at his smiling face emerging from the rising steam, her hands involuntarily clenching the brocade quilt.
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Xiao Zhan:
Since childhood, there has been a woman hidden in my heart. We were childhood sweethearts, a dragon and a phoenix flying wing to wing. But she doesn't seem to believe I truly love her.
* The male and female leads are in a 1V1 relationship, are pure, and both have experienced rebirth, with a HE (Happy Ending).
Content Tags: Palace Grandeur, Second Chance Romance, Perfect Match, Serious Drama, White Moonlight, Chasing Love, Funeral Pyre.
Lin Yuan, Xiao Xun, Lin Yu.
Other: Chasing wife funeral pyre.
One Sentence Summary: Main story completed - He said he wanted to find his sun.
Belief: Be your unique self.
CompletedLighting lamps for Buddha is one of the important offerings in Buddhism. As the lamps are lit, darkness dissipates, bringing blessings to all sentient beings. To guard the lamp is to guard a vow.
This is Tang Suzi's tenth year guarding the lamp at Tanshan Temple, and also the tenth year since her death. She doesn't know why she's here, only remembering that her master once said she lingered at the Bridge of Forgetfulness, pleading to cultivate blessings and change the fate of one person, unwilling to enter reincarnation. Later, her master allowed her to come here to guard the lamp and cultivate blessings.
For ten years, every year during minor snow, she would always see a man come to Tanshan Temple to light a lamp for a woman named "Zhou Tiao." He was very handsome, though his brows and eyes were always clouded with an inescapable sorrow.
Due to an accident, the divine beast Blood Qilin escaped from the temple, and Tang Suzi was ordered to return to the human world to retrieve it. In the human world, she met Zhou Jin, the new prefect who was once a Tanhua scholar. But why does he call her "A-jie" (Elder Sister)?
And the man who came to light the lamps, it turns out he is Fang Buyu, the master of the Skyhawk Pavilion. What's puzzling is why his reaction is so strange every time he sees her; he calls her... "Tiao Tiao"?
Even stranger is the divine beast Blood Qilin. It is said to have descended to save a benefactor. During a tribulation in a famine year, it bit her, yet she still left it half a bun to appease its hunger. But Tang Suzi later discovered: why does she also have a beast tooth scar on her ankle?
What exactly is going on with all of this? Ten years ago, the deceased white moonlight has returned. Even if the world withers, true love remains eternal.
CompletedAo Guang, the Dragon King of the East Sea, waited a thousand years just to marry the Yinglong. He exhausted the power of the four seas, preparing vast expanses of glazed tiles as a betrothal gift, but in return, he only received her words: "I am going to marry into the Heavenly Palace."
On the day of the grand wedding, Ao Guang fought his way alone up to the Nine Heavens, staining three thousand li of cloud stairs with blood. Yinglong, in her fiery wedding dress, pointed her long sword directly at his heart: "Ao Guang, the East Sea Dragon Clan is in rebellion and should be executed."
He smiled, grasped the blade, and took a step forward, whispering in her ear, "Do you know that for this past thousand years, every day I fantasized about our wedding..." As his fresh blood dripped, her hand, holding the sword, trembled for the first time.
CompletedThat year, a marriage contract resulted in helpless betrayal. She willingly went to prison for five years, yet she couldn't earn his forgiveness.
The past beauty turned into endless hurt, like a sharp knife cutting into her heart. "Xia An'an, you're not worthy of bearing my children!"
When she became numb with pain and decided to leave completely, he pressed closer, cornering her. "Xia An'an! In this life, you will never leave my side! Never!"
Note: All names, places, country names, and story content in this article are purely fictitious. Any resemblance... that would truly be a coincidence.