A Thousand Autumns: Don't Pluck the Lowest String

Ten years after her death, she discovers that he has been using his own lifespan to make up for the meager bond they shared. - My name is Yuan Sheng. This is the tenth year since I died. Perhaps I was too attached to this world. After my death, I didn’t go to the underworld people talk about. Instead, I stayed by Zhong Yuan’s side. For ten years, I watched Zhong Yuan slowly avenge me, ascend the throne, and defy everyone to posthumously make me empress. I watched him all this time, but he couldn’t see me. Actually, Yuan Sheng wasn’t my name at first. My mother had a difficult labor when she gave birth to me, and it frightened my father, so he named me “Yuan Sheng,” meaning “born safely.” But my mother said the character wasn’t suitable for a girl, so he later changed it to “Sheng,” the name of a musical instrument. Zhong Yuan wasn’t his real name either. He made it up when we first met. I knew that from the start. But I still liked calling him Zhong Yuan. Because Zhong Yuan was simply Zhong Yuan: the boy who understood my music and knew what made me happy or sad. Yuan Sheng, born to live; Zhong Yuan, destined to part.