When Yuan Zhaobi was stranded in a foreign land, she could figure out how to please everyone’s palate in the kitchen, except his. Even then, she had thought, “I’ve never seen a master so hard to please.”
After Yuan Zhaobi became a princess, the road to conquering the kingdoms was full of twists and turns. She stood amid a vast world where even the slightest misstep was unforgivable, yet he shed his former aloofness and treated her with tender, thoughtful care at every turn.
He said, “I would be the eternal moon, shining on you for all your days.”
He said, “When the affairs of the world are settled, may we meet among the rivers and lakes, and pledge ourselves to the clouds and mist.”
He also said, “Everyone in the kingdom knows I belong to Your Highness. You command hundreds of thousands of soldiers, enough to claim me with overwhelming force. Who would dare covet me? Are they looking to die?”
He looked just like a kept man. Had he lost his mind?
Well, if he wanted to be her kept man, she didn’t mind taking him in.
Until one day, the man who had once been proud to serve as her kept man suddenly entered a monastery.
The turmoil of the age had passed, and the phoenix sang in the palace heavens. Though she held immense power and could ride forth with her sword to smash open the gates of the kingdoms, she could no longer open his heart...
A must-read. The writing is so good that it made me kneel down. The turning point is awesome.