A female-led story with a powerful heroine and a strong ensemble cast. A seemingly amiable, cheerful princess who plays the fool to catch her enemies off guard is, in truth, the sensitive and suspicious Prince of Jing'an.
Told mainly from the heroine's perspective. The male and female leads are kept apart by a twist of fate, loving each other but unable to be together. The heroine gives up in the early part of the story, then becomes devoted to power. She and the male lead each find their own peace, one in the mountains and rivers, the other in court, and forget each other as they go their separate ways.
Gain and loss may come in a single day, but honor and disgrace endure for a thousand years. Ye Zhining kills another.
The late emperor's daughter, she grew up under her aunt's care and became the capital's most notorious rake.
When a wedding sets the story in motion, Ye Zhi's friends gradually return to the capital, and she meets the person she wants to spend her life with.
But joy at its height gives way to sorrow. The narcissistic, sharp-tongued Ye Zhi is brought low in a single day by the emperor's decree arranging her marriage.
Does she truly love him?
Perhaps love, to her, is bland when taken, yet a pity to give up.
Yes i like the book