Qing Qiuyue, the legitimate daughter of the fox clan of Qingqiu, fled to the human realm in search of true love. When she was gravely wounded, she was rescued by Shen Yanzhi, a gentle scholar. Their love overcame the divide between humans and demons, and they married, having a half-human, half-fox son, Shen Nianhu.
Their peaceful life was only an illusion. The iron law of the fox clan suddenly came down: if a fox immortal fell in love with a human and refused to return to the clan to be punished, their mixed-blood child would be killed.
Faced with a punishment of eternal imprisonment on one side and the life of her beloved child on the other, Qing Qiuyue made her choice through tears. She left without a word and returned to Qingqiu alone, trading eternal imprisonment for her son’s lifelong safety.
From then on, the scholar kept watch over an empty courtyard, while his young son grew up motherless and alone.
A Nian grew up hearing the lie that “Mother went far away.” He was sensible and reserved, and only discovered the shocking secret of his birth when he accidentally activated the half-moon jade pendant his mother had left behind.
He traveled across countless mountains, searching for his mother alone, enduring the warmth and coldness of the human world and the dangers of the demon realm, until at last he reached the legendary Qingqiu.
There, waiting for him, was his mother, imprisoned on the Moon-Gazing Terrace and pining for him for twelve years, along with the fox clan’s strict laws and resistance.
A tragic love between human and demon, offered up as a sacrifice to a mother’s love; a reunion between mother and son that crossed mountains and seas. Beneath Qingqiu’s thousand-year-old moonlight, they finally gave voice to all their helplessness and profound love.
This is the second book by the author Da Da that I have read. It is still very good. I even cried when I read it. Well, I was so moved. As I said, I will always follow the author Da Da. [Sending my heart to you]
Very thoughtful and beautiful