Love by Force: Her Life

[Forcible possession + dying young + coercive love from a position of power + tragic ending + physical and emotional torment + clinging to memories to get by] The male lead dies young, the female lead is tormented in body and mind, and the second male lead is obsessive. “I thought that forcing her to stay by my side and bear my children meant I had won.” “Later, I realized the living can never beat the dead.” The peach blossoms that bloomed toward spring died on the eve of the season. “The peach blossoms are blooming in Beihai. Have you come to marry me?” “I've come to take you home.” The young lady, bright as the blazing sun, remained forever on the day of her twenty-sixth birthday. They met as peach blossoms brushed their faces in Beihai: Gu Keji was ten, and Fu Guiwan was eight. They parted in the cold autumn of the imperial palace, as the flowers withered: Gu Keji was twenty-two, and Fu Guiwan was twenty. Fu Guiwan died just as the peach blossoms were about to bloom for her birthday. She was twenty-six. Rong Yin was twenty-seven, and Gu Keji was twenty-two.