Dream East Palace

She died on a snowy winter day. The side courtyard of Prince Jing's Mansion was drafty from all sides, and no one changed the bitter medicine when it became too cold. She was lying in the darkened tent, listening to the music of Xi Le Sizhu in the front yard - her husband had welcomed a new bride. When the news came that the entire Xie family had been executed, she could no longer cough. The man who said on their wedding day, "You will have me in the future," abandoned her like a shoe after taking advantage of the Xie family's connections. Then she woke up. The sun shines through the branches of crabapples, the women's voices are heard in my ears, and a cup of tea is still steaming in my hand. The Queen's Flower Viewing Party. She hasn't met Xiao Jue yet, the Xie family hasn't fallen yet, and there's still time for everything. She told herself it was just a nightmare. But the dream was so real - so real that she still remembered the taste of the bitter medicine and Xiao Jue's indifference when he said, "It's you who doesn't cherish it." So when King Jing Xiao Jue came up to chat with him with a smile, she turned around and ran away. When Prince Xiao Heng handed a cup of warm tea from the other end of the corridor, she took it. She thought that by avoiding Xiao Jue and marrying into the East Palace, she could have a stable life. But Xiao Heng was deep and restrained, hot and cold at times, and the words "Xie's move" made her feel as cold as iron. What she didn't know was that those actions that she misunderstood as calculations were all backed by his silent protection. Little did she know that this nightmare, which she thought was just a warning, would make her tremble even as she hugged the person in front of her tightly for countless late nights in the future. This is not rebirth. There is no do-over, no golden finger. There is only a girl who wakes up from a nightmare, full of vigilance, and carefully learns to trust someone. And that person spent a whole life waiting for her to say that sentence - "I believe in you."