[Ancient Times to Modern Day + Buddhist Heir to a Beijing Dynasty + Intangible Cultural Heritage + Devoted Sweet Romance + Intense Romantic Tension]
[Cool, Down-on-Her-Luck Beauty VS Cultured, Corrupt Minister]
Xie Yanxing, head of Beijing’s powerful Xie family, keeps Buddhist prayer beads wrapped around his wrist. Cool and austere, he is known as the “Living King of Hell.”
Shen Jingci, a fallen heiress from a once-prominent family, trespasses into the forbidden grounds of the Xie estate on a rainy night to protect her family’s treasured incense recipe.
Everyone bets she’ll be thrown out. Instead, the untouchable Buddhist heir holds an umbrella himself and shelters her in his arms, soaked through and shivering. His eyes redden as he murmurs, “Don’t be afraid. I’m here.”
He cherishes her beyond measure, rebuilds the incense hall for her, teaches her the ways of power, and even keeps candy in his pocket at all times because she once said she couldn’t stand bitter things.
All of Beijing believes Shen Jingci is the apple of Master Xie’s eye.
Until she discovers an ancient painting in his study. The woman in it looks exactly like her, offering her blood to the incense.
An ancient text records: “The regent of Great Wei sought a woman of perfect purity, using her blood as a catalyst to recreate the Soul-Returning Incense.”
Shen Jingci wakes from her dream and believes she is nothing more than a “catalyst.”
She leaves without hesitation, leaving behind a note: “Mr. Xie, I’m done with this arrangement.”
That night, the Hall of Listening to Snow burns bright with lights.
The usually composed and dignified Xie Yanxing loses his mind.
He keeps watch through the night in the pouring rain, humble as a worshipper, begging her to look back just once:
“A Xu, there was never any catalyst…”
“I crossed a thousand years just to find my wife again.”
#In our past life, you offered yourself to the incense and saved my life. In this one, I’ll protect you and give you a century of peace#
It's very novel, the writing is very delicate, and it makes people immersed in it. But even though we know that it is necessary for the plot and the male protagonist cannot tell the female protagonist the truth, the viewers are still unhappy and hope that the female protagonist can quickly regain her memory.
There is a past life and a present life, although there was misunderstanding for a period of time because the male protagonist was so afraid that he did not want to talk about it. But it was great that the heroine woke up at the end. But I missed something. Who placed the order for the heroine to make that incense to remind her of her past life? Is it the male protagonist?
It's beautiful. It talks about the fate of past and present lives.
Help ah ah ah, it looks good🤩
Very interesting story [sending my heart]
It looks good. I've never seen this before.
Very novel and delicate plot