It's Been Too Long, Little Swallow

【My Fair Princess fanfiction | Contains lots of original elements and an original wager storyline. Characters may be out of character, and this does not follow the original My Fair Princess plot.】Pairing undecided, and the ending may be happy or tragic. The second son of the Fu family ended his marriage arrangement with Mongolia and resolutely divorced. Everyone expected him to return to the Hanlin Academy in the capital, but instead he headed south, traveling thousands of miles to Dali. When he was young, he painfully gave up the woman he loved to help his sworn brother, the Fifth Prince, and went to Mongolia for a political marriage. The rest of his life held nothing but endless regret. On this journey, all he wanted was to find her and make up for his regret at stepping aside back then. But after crossing mountains and rivers to see her again, his dream shattered in an instant. The lively, passionate princess was living in a little courtyard in Dali, with someone already by her side. The second male lead, Cheng Nianxi, was an official assigned to Dali by the emperor. Gentle and considerate, he stayed by her side day and night, a devoted admirer waiting beneath her roof. The old love who'd traveled thousands of miles to find her faced off against the new love who stayed by her side every day. In a little courtyard in Dali, after the third male lead, Jiang Xuwen, appeared, the romantic battle for her heart finally began.