[A naive heroine who transmigrates to ancient times x a seemingly cold emperor who desperately needs affection]
By a twist of fate, Shen Xuan transmigrates to ancient times, where her family is destroyed and she is left alone, entering the palace as empress.
Someone once said that when fate has not yet run its course, it returns in dreams.
In those beautiful days, they made a promise together:
“By the moon as our witness, I, Shen Xuan, will love only Wang Yu for all my life.”
“By the moon as our witness, I, Wang Yu, will love only Shen Xuan for all my life.”
“A Yu, do you know? You’re all I have left.”
“I make a wish to the moon: may you be happy forever.”
They once imagined growing old together, too. “In our twilight years, we’ll sit idly in the courtyard, watch the clouds drift and listen to the rain, admire the moon among the stars, and recall Jiangnan as the flowers bloom and fade. You’ll tell me about the past, and I’ll paint it. May we have years to look back on, and may our deep love carry us through a lifetime together.”
But things did not go as they wished, and in the end, they had no choice but to part beneath the moonlight. “I entrust my feelings to the moon, so it may carry my longing to you.”
“A Yu, if you miss me someday, look up at the moon. I’ll be looking at it in another world, thinking of you.”
“I know you don’t believe in another life, so I’ll pray for one on your behalf.”
“A Yu, if I can’t come back, forget me.”
For the first time, Shen Xuan saw the man who could do anything in court weep so bitterly. “No! Shen Xuan, don’t go! I command you not to go!”
“I know he is as distant as the moon, yet somehow he feels close to my heart.”
“So the moon gave me more than just a ray of light…”
