On Yongqi’s wedding day, the palace was awash in glaring red, and only then did Xiaoyanzi realize that heartbreak really did make a sound.
Seeing how Xiaoyanzi grew more and more haggard, Qianlong took pity on her and arranged for her to marry Fu Ertai, who had just divorced Saiya. One was a woman who loved someone else but had no choice but to marry; the other was a man who refused to force her and kept his distance. A marriage certificate bound them together, but it could not bind their drifting hearts.
The Empress plotted against Xiaoyanzi, and a false accusation about her parentage enraged the Empress Dowager. Determined not to drag the Fu family down with her, Xiaoyanzi left without looking back, unaware that a silent figure was always there to shield her from every blade and sword. The Empress kept sending pursuers after her, and Yongqi chased her out of the capital. Misunderstandings piled up along the way, while Ertai, heartbroken, chose to let her go. But when he handed her the divorce papers, they both realized that, somehow, they had already fallen for each other.
“Turns out I was never good enough for you.” Those words left Ertai full of regret. A deadly pursuit awakened their feelings in a mountain cave. But just as the truth came to light, the stories of Xiao Jian and Xiaoyanzi’s origins concealed a shocking secret that no one could have seen coming...
When the Cangshan Mountains are covered in snow and moonlight shines over Erhai Lake, who will be the one to accompany her as she takes in all the world’s beautiful sights?
A love gone wrong, a heartbreaking separation, and countless twists and turns. Luckily, in the end, it was still you.
May Little Swallow Ertai be happy forever