Stars Sink over the Vermilion Pavilion

[Two male leads] [Dream of the Red Chamber + mythology] [Fictional imperial court] [Mutual devotion] [Sweet romance] [Both powerful, both devoted] [Happy ending] [Political intrigue] [Intense romantic tension] Gentle, frail, and deep-thinking first-generation Star God, the receiver × outwardly cold but inwardly passionate, loyal-dog pursuer (Dressed in the trappings of Dream of the Red Chamber, but actually set in a fictional ancient world; Lin Meimei is independent. The romance takes a slightly smaller role.) What happens when Lin Meimei has a cousin, the mythological backdrop starts stirring up trouble, and an immortal heir, long lost to history, decides to meddle in the affairs of the Human Emperor...? He is the Ziwei Star God, descended to overturn the Three Realms. He is the Ziwei Emperor, who fell for him at first sight while undergoing a trial. Lin Qingci transmigrates into Dream of the Red Chamber as a frail young nobleman. Everyone says he won't live to see twenty. But he is determined to overturn this rotten dynasty and put a new ruler on the ninefold heavenly throne. The Seventh Prince, Zhao Chengyuan, is famous as a cold-faced King of Hell. Yet in a rain-soaked alley in Jiangnan, he falls in love at first sight with the young man who saves him. He gives Qingci a jade pendant; Qingci answers with cool distance: “Your Highness, the royal family knows no affection. I dare not presume.” Later... Qingci enters officialdom through the imperial examinations, advancing one careful step at a time. He gathers men from humble families, cracks the salt-smuggling case, directs the war from behind the lines, and turns the court upside down. Chengyuan shields him from attacks both open and hidden, refuses a royal marriage arranged for him, and kneels in the snow at night: “If you want the realm, I'll give it to you. If you want my life, I'll give you that, too.” Until the day Qingci's identity is exposed and all three realms hunt him down. With the Imperial Sword in hand, Chengyuan stands before him. The Ziwei Emperor Star appears: “He's mine. Who dares touch him?” It turns out that billions of years ago, he gave him his divine rank. Billions of years later, he defies Heaven to change his fate.