A Splendid Era, Bound by Fate

A Good Chen, Beautiful Brocade fanfic: Ye Xian × Gu Jinchao. Gu Jinchao’s previous life was unbearably bleak… Her mother suffered at the hands of many and, consumed by misery day after day, ultimately died by suicide… In her teens, she married Chen Yanyun, who was more than ten years her senior, believing she had found security. A few years into their marriage, as his political influence grew and he came under attack from rival factions, he divorced and abandoned her under the pretext of “keeping you safe.” Chen Yanyun then promptly married the emperor’s cousin to secure his power. Gu Jinchao finally saw the truth: she had been young and naive, mistaking calculated self-interest for genuine love. Chen Yanyun had never truly loved anyone; he only weighed the advantages and disadvantages. With her heart turned to ash, she never married again and eventually died of illness.

Reborn, she sheds her naivete. Her sole determination is to do everything in her power to avoid all the hardships of her previous life…