A Dreamlike Life: After Our Imperial Wedding, My Lord Went Mad

[Two male leads + historical romance] [All I want in this life is him. As it happens, he's a man.]

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The military dynasty of the Zongzheng family produced its first civil official: Zongzheng Chuwen, a Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review. His dark crimson robes wrapped a lean, formidable frame, and his cinnabar brush passed judgment on cases of life and death. Yet a song, “Lament of the Hanging Moon,” played in a side courtyard of the Court of State Ceremonial, unsettled his heart.

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The musician Zhang Cheng, dressed in plain robes, lowered his eyes as he played the qin. The brand of a traitor's son left a frost in his gaze that would not melt. When the music came to an abrupt stop, he looked up and saw someone standing beneath the covered walkway. The words “Court of Judicial Review” on the jade plaque at the man's waist gleamed coldly.

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At a banquet, Zhang Cheng's fingers played an ancient melody no one else could understand. Zongzheng Chuwen's singular insight into music unexpectedly won the princess's heart, and the emperor bestowed a marriage upon them.

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Before the princess and Zongzheng Chuwen's wedding, Zhang Cheng was sent to Jiangnan. He encountered bandits and fell from a cliff. His body was never found.

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Three years later, they meet again, but no longer recognize each other.

“A Cheng...”

Suppressing the anguish in his heart, he murmured, “Do you really... not remember me?”