The Tang Eclipse Chronicles

Name: The Tang Eclipse Chronicles
Author: The Storm Petrel in a Floral Shirt

棠蚀录

by The Storm Petrel in a Floral Shirt (穿花衣的海燕)

Status: Completed
Length: 158k Words
Genre: Ancient Romance
Subgenre: Palace & Household Intrigue
Updated: 1y ago
Source: Fanqie

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Synopsis

The crabapples of Jiangnan bloom most brilliantly when they reek of rot. Fallen weeping crabapple blossoms, steeped in rain until they turn to rouge-colored mud, seep into a dark red birthmark beneath Gu Jietang’s embroidered shoes, as if she were born destined to wade into the murky waters of love. At thirteen, she already knew that true nectar glands were hidden in insect-eaten galls. The man with the severed finger taught her to cut open the deformed heart of a crabapple. Moonlight flowed through its veins, turning into an ominous prophecy: “What people call true feelings are nothing but a secretion of pain.” Later, she concocted a rouge that could discern love and measure the purity of sworn vows. Onlookers cracked sandalwood-scented melon seeds and laughed at her madness, never knowing that Xifu crabapples, weeping crabapples, and single-petal crabapples had long since left their palm lines branded into her hand. Then, on a night of White Dew, she ground the white-bone crabapple left behind by Fu Yinqing into powder, mixed it with the tears of men and daughter-red wine she had collected over the years, and painted an unfading flower before a bronze mirror. The figure in the mirror was smiling, while the galls in her hair fell with a soft rustle, shedding years of accumulated poison. Outside the window, a newly planted crabapple without galls was putting out new branches It turned out that the epitaph of love must, in the end, be watered with one’s own blood to bring a new season of flowers into bloom.

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