Phoenix Perch Terrace

Two dreams of Kunning Palace, one lifetime's promise in blue robes The day Yan Qingge died, the peach blossoms in Kunning Palace were in full bloom. She was the most notorious empress of the Great Liang dynasty. The emperor doted on her alone; she used the imperial seal to crack walnuts, and the other palace halls stood empty. Yet in her heart, she cherished Jiang Yinzhou, the poor-born censor who had knelt in the snow to remonstrate with the emperor. When the rebels breached the capital, she learned that Jiang had already taken countless arrows for her. That very night, she slit her wrists. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the year she first came back to the Yan family, at the age of thirteen. In this life, she wanted no crown prince's consort title, no empress's throne, no boundless power. She wanted only Jiang Yinzhou. And so a strange story spread through the capital: The haughty, unruly legitimate daughter of the Minister of Court Ceremonies had suddenly changed her ways. Every day, she ran to the Hanlin Academy to chase after a poor scholar in plain blue robes. “Jiang Yinzhou, will you marry me?” “Lord Jiang, I like you. Could you like me too?” “Lord Censor... your ears are red.” Jiang Yinzhou thought the eldest Miss Yan must have gone mad. Born into poverty and bound by propriety, all he wanted in life was to be an upright official and a clean-handed civil servant, remembered in the history books. Yet a girl with a cinnabar mole at the corner of her eye had latched onto him, claiming she had died once and that they were fated across two lifetimes. He should have avoided her at all costs. So why did his heart ache when he saw her tears? Why, in the middle of the night, did he keep dreaming of heavy snow in Kunning Palace, of a woman with blood running down her wrist, calling his name? [Reading Guide] Reborn and pursuing her husband: The wicked empress is reborn as a young girl and boldly pursues the man she loves. The heroine is radiant and proactive; the hero is reserved and proper. 1v1, both leads are virgins: In their past life, the hero's secret love came true; in this life, the heroine makes the first move. A haughty young lady x a cool, aloof censor