[Two male leads + both devoted to each other + weaker gong, stronger shou + multiple twists + subverts the tropes] [Older, aloof beauty + younger, chatty ray of sunshine]
A century of solitude, ten thousand years of loneliness.
Lost and uncertain, wandering and confused, thank goodness I have you.
He is the emperor's youngest son. He could have lived as a pampered prince, doing nothing but eat and wait to die.
He is the son of a powerful minister, born to become a man of distinction with a brilliant future.
One spends his days lazing around, while the other is busy worrying over every detail.
Fate binds them together, never to part.
A sorrowful song that echoes through the palace, a dazzling dance that crosses a thousand years.
“If I met someone like that, I would give up my future, my youth, my life to love and respect him, protect him, and yearn for him with all my heart. I would live and die for him, with a love as boundless as a flood. I would be proud of it.”
A well-reasoned plot, believable characters, no saintly heroine, no white lotus, no scheming green tea, a fast-paced story, and a large cast. Originally titled Who Brought the Horseback Traveler to the Capital, a line from a poem by Lu You of the Southern Song Dynasty.
