Dark River Fanfiction: What If Xiao Ruofeng Fell in Love with Su Changhe

In the late spring of the twenty-third year of the Tianqi era, it had rained in Suzhou for half a month. The blue stone road gleamed with a faint sheen after the rain. Xiao Ruofeng stood in the second-floor corridor of the Wangchun Tower, holding an oil-paper umbrella with a bamboo rib frame. He wore a moon-white brocade robe, with a mutton-fat jade pendant hanging from his waist. Though he had shed his prince's python-patterned robes and headdress, the noble air between his brows remained unmistakable. Below, black-canopied boats glided slowly along the river. The creak of their oars mingled with the sound of rain falling on banana leaves, lending the scene a liveliness absent from the palace music in Tianqi City. "Your Highness, the Dark River made a move at the ruined temple west of the city last night." His personal guard, Lin Zhou, stepped quietly forward, his voice kept very low...