The spring in Chang'an City is very long. The first time Lin Ming met Xie Chengan was in a drizzle.
At that time, she was the most favored daughter-in-law of the Taifu Palace, bright and arrogant, and ignorant of the sufferings of the world; he was a poor scholar living in a back alley, poor, but proud. On the Suzaku Bridge, she picked up the book that had been stepped into the mud for him, and from then on she handed over her heart to him.
She stayed with him through his most depressed years, secretly funded his studies, waited for him to be named on the gold medal list, and waited for him to marry her.
But what was waiting for him was an imperial edict granting marriage.
Xie Cheng'an, the new top scholar, was given the opportunity to marry a princess and had a bright future; Lin Ye married another border general and has been on a journey ever since.
She thought she would never look back for him in this life, but after getting married, she gradually understood that the cruelest thing about fate was never not being in love but not being able to stay together, but that she had clearly decided to let go, but always met again when she was about to let go.
Ten years later, Xie Chengan became a highly respected minister and had great power in both the government and the public; Lin Ye's family was ruined and he was covered with hardships.
They finally have a chance to choose each other again.
But just when he decided to take her away from Chang'an, a rebellion swept through the court. Xie Chengan personally signed the memorial for the Lin family to be executed, and also personally sent the person he loved most in his life to death.
On the eve of the execution, Lin Ye looked at him who had arrived late and said only:
"Xie Chengan, you always come late."
Spring is deep in Chang'an, and old friends never return.
They once thought that what they missed was a spring, but later they realized that what they missed was a whole life.
