Returning the Pearl to You: The Swallows Take Flight

[Historical romance + childhood sweethearts + mild angst + palace and household intrigue] Jiang Ruyue had always believed she would marry Mo Yichen one day. Even after she became the daughter of a disgraced official, their engagement still stood. On the eve of her coming-of-age ceremony, she dreamed of marrying Mo Yichen. She never imagined that more than a decade of childhood friendship would be no match for a sudden “moonlight crush.” Ever since Mo Yichen met Ning Yuxuan, the prime minister’s legitimate daughter, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, he could no longer see Jiang Ruyue. What she didn’t know was that the prime minister’s daughter was a snake cloaked in an innocent exterior, pushing Jiang Ruyue into the abyss again and again. To honor his promise of “one love for a lifetime,” Mo Yichen resolutely broke off their engagement, trampling her sincere love into the mud. She nearly bled to death trying to cure his poison, only for another woman to reap the reward. When she and the prime minister’s daughter were taken hostage by bandits, Mo Yichen chose the woman he loved without hesitation and abandoned Jiang Ruyue. Her heart turned to ashes. Disaster struck the Duke of Weiyuan’s household. Of its loyal and valiant family, only one bloodline remained. After the household was purged, its servants scattered and its fellow officials kept their distance. Jiang Ruyue resolutely held up the Mo family as it teetered in the storm. When Mo Yichen finally achieved fame and success, she thought their hardships were over, only to be hurt even more deeply. In a wretched state, she left the Duke of Weiyuan’s residence. Fortunate enough to find a new opportunity, she rode the wind and waves back into the world, though loneliness still lingered in her heart. She thought she would spend the rest of her life tending to her wounds alone. She never expected that the man who had silently guarded her all along would search for her frantically, lighting up her dead heart like a ray of sunshine… He respected her, loved her, and braved every obstacle for her. “Yue’er, how fortunate I am to have you in this life!” A royal secret from many years ago was finally exposed, and her true identity came to light…