Many years later, whenever Qi Duanyan remembered the handsome young gentleman who had walked up to her among the apricot blossoms by the Luo River, she still felt a faint stir in her heart.
He had smiled and asked her, “Excuse me, miss, are you the daughter of General Zhongwu, Madam Qi...?”
Her first flutter of love, her first defeat, her first jealousy, her first kiss, and her first murder had all been because of him.
Her fiancé, Lu Xiuyuan, asked her cautiously:
“A Yan, did something happen between you and him...?”
“We just... competed once.”
“All right. I’ll help you!”
A Yan, whatever you want to do, I’ll help you.
Zhang Yuan, Right Vice General of the Jinyi Guards, remembered the first time he met her.
He had asked her, “Who are you, miss?”
She had answered, “I’m this gentleman’s family!”
Ha. So by the time they met, it had already been too late. So be it, then.
People meet, reunite, and part ways.
This is a coming-of-age story about a group of young men and women. It’s a pure historical romance, not a wish-fulfillment story, and unfolds at a leisurely pace. The setting is before the founding of the Wu Zhou dynasty, when the Empress Dowager ruled and brutal officials ran rampant.
Only then did I realize that the synopsis had been changed. I had been looking forward to Duan Yan and Yang Xiaolang being together for so many chapters, but nothing happened to Xiaolang. It seems there is no chance... The author's writing is very good, and the story is combined with real historical background. I give it a thumbs up👍🏻
The pace is a bit slow, but some historical facts seem to be well-founded. Let's take a look.