Flowers Fall in Late Spring

“I often saw you at Prince Qi’s mansion, and heard you play many times in Cui Jiu’s hall. Now, in this lovely Jiangnan spring, we meet again amid falling blossoms.” Guan Nian, do you know what this brief moment means to me? Meeting you is like flowers falling in late spring, and like a poem I have long held my brush over, yet could never write. Li Guinian, the renowned musician of the Tang dynasty, met the love of his life, Du Fu, during a performance. But the great Tang dynasty was already crumbling, and the two were separated and reunited amid the flames of war. Flowers fall in late spring, and I chance upon my beloved. Our bodies may be parted, but love will never fade... May those I love find happiness together. (Important! Some details in this story are historically accurate, but it is still a fictional tale set in an alternate world. Please do not conflate the characters with their historical counterparts. This story is for entertainment, and its plot is entirely imagined.)