[Young Adult, Historical Fantasy]
The pampered little princess Yu Rou, her moon-cool guard Jifeng, the gentle and obedient guard Cuidan, Lu Bufan, a little wolf from the northwestern grasslands, the seductive and flirtatious Western Regions prince Tuoba Xiang, and her brilliant, gentle imperial brother Yu She. In the Jing'an imperial city, a place that feels like drowning, each of them struggles and grows in their own way, hiding their own secrets and holding on to their own light. Yet in the end, none can escape the tragic ending fate has arranged for them.
One wears ten miles of red bridal finery and marries, yet finds no happiness.
One is haunted for life by something they couldn't have in their youth.
One is a white crane in the clouds, ensnared by a sparrow's net.
One is a young minister, brilliant and learned, unable to save himself, who turns to the gods.
One is warm as the sun, but after the years turn and turn, is no longer the boy he once was.
In the end, time changes them all into people different from who they were in their youth.
