The Gentle, Endless Moonlight

[Mu Jinning, Crown Prince Yan Zhang, and heir-apparent Rong Min's stories unfold in parallel] [The male and female leads do not have chapters of their own. Don't read if that bothers you.] A fallen prince trapped in a gilded cage and a country girl were never meant to cross paths in their lifetimes.

But a natural disaster and a wrongful case force her, after many hardships, to make her way to the capital. There she discovers that she has no family left and no way to obtain justice. Her only option is to rely on the Rong family, even to help the wicked in order to survive. Yet when she uncovers a forbidden love, she quickly realizes her predicament. After they strike a deal, will their love be buried for good?

He grew up without a father's love, regarded his mother's murderer as family, and willingly helped the crown prince ascend the throne, even defying the sovereign. But when he discovers that everything was a scheme and that he was used all along, how will he choose his own fate? Consumed by regret, he is tormented by hatred like a venomous worm gnawing at his bones. In the endless darkness, she is no more than a glimmer of hope in his heart, a beautiful vision of the future.

Neither of them could have imagined that, after weathering countless trials, all they would want was for it all to have been one long dream.

May all the betrayal, schemes, wounds, and regrets never have existed...