Fading Water on the Golden Terrace

Everyone believed that the deposed young Emperor Chen Fenglian was Bai Kang's lifelong love.

When the deposed emperor died, all the civil and military officials applauded, but only Bai Kang, a commoner whom he had personally promoted, shed a tear for him.

Three years passed, and under the new emperor's rule, the empire was peaceful and prosperous. Rumors about the deposed emperor faded into the past, only occasionally mentioned when the influential Minister Bai Kang was brought up.

The truth, however, was that the renowned Minister Bai and the deposed emperor had a relationship of mutual dislike.

Three years later, Chen Fenglian awoke in Liangzhou.

Reborn, he was no longer the young emperor of the Great Ning Dynasty, but a humble orphan in Liangzhou City. Due to his striking resemblance to his past self, he became famous overnight, becoming a highly sought-after courtesan.

A nobleman from the capital visited, and upon hearing of his beauty, spent a fortune just to meet him. Everyone said that the nobleman had never forgotten his former self and had been infatuated for years.

Only after meeting did he discover how wildly exaggerated the "undying love" between him and Bai Kang had been rumored among the people. For revenge, he had no choice but to return to the capital and live alongside the Bai Kang he once loathed.