[Soul transmigration + palace intrigue + forbidden love + uncle-and-sister-in-law romance + tragic love]
After escaping a grueling group project, I unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of an unfavored consort!
Here, I endured the schemes of my green-tea half-sister and the partiality of the despicable emperor, until I finally met Xue Yuan, a god with a tender heart. (A laid-back prince with a somewhat tragic past, who only seemed to be carefree.)
He had planned to live out his days in peace, but for my sake, he decided to become a rebel.
“I’m not Shen Ke.”
“I know.”
“Then do you know my name?”
“I want to know.”
“Jiang Xiaoxiao.”
Before I told him, I had no idea what my name meant. But he said:
“Emerald bamboo grows quieter in the cold; a solitary flower shines brighter at dusk.”
“At dawn, the first light gleams on the dew, and wisps of green mist curl around the pond.”
…
We spent our first winter in each other’s arms.
We spent our second winter together too, still fortunate after overcoming countless hardships.
That year, Xue Huan forced him to make me drink an abortifacient. He did it, though it broke his heart, then raised an army, killed Xue Huan, and declared himself king. I became empress as well.
I thought we would spend every winter together from then on.
I thought he would give me the freedom I wanted.
But when the fifth winter arrived, everything seemed to change.
He made me drink an abortifacient again. He killed our child, and he killed my heart.
The freedom I had imagined seemed to have become a shackle.
At last, I could no longer endure this life.
I burned my mortal body and cast off my chains.
Across a thousand years, I finally awakened the man in my heart once more.
