Han Yue transmigrated and became the moon goddess of human imagination.
She witnessed Suirenshi drill wood to make fire, and drilled alongside him. She witnessed Fuxi create the Eight Trigrams and establish the institution of marriage. She saw Shennong taste hundreds of herbs, risking death time and again. She also witnessed the Yellow Emperor defeat Chiyou and unite the land of Hua Xia.
Later, she grew tired. She closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, she had arrived in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. A boy named Zhao Zheng was being insulted as a bastard. She couldn't bear it. This was the future Qin Shi Huang. She couldn't change history, so she could only secretly watch over him as best she could.
But human hearts are fickle. The boy she had raised became a man, then an old man, crazily pursuing the elixir of immortality in the hope of seeing her again.
Once more, she couldn't bear it. She watched him die with her own eyes, dying in her arms, still crying out for the “elixir”!
Xianyang was thrown into chaos. She was a beautiful orphan, envied by Lady Qi and demoted to a slave. Later, Empress Lu discovered her and promoted her to a household steward. She watched the empress grow angry, sad, and miserable. Even after taking the throne as empress dowager, she remained heartbroken.
Before she died, she said with a sorrowful expression, “Yue Nu, please protect my grandson.”
She died with her eyes wide open, cursing her husband and son, yet longing for them too. Han Yue couldn't understand her. In the end, she fled Weiyang Palace with Empress Lu's grandson.
Later, she witnessed another love story in the Han palace. Liu Heng loved Deng Tong and Lady Shen, but never Dou Yifang. Dou Yifang cried day and night, and resented her disappointing eldest son. She was constantly afraid the emperor would depose her because of him. Han Yue couldn't understand.
They were both empresses, so why wasn't Dou Yifang as carefree as Empress Lu? Why did she feel sorry for herself and weep over a man?
As the years passed, the young woman who had wept in the Pepper Chamber Palace grew hardened. She cried herself blind, but no longer shed tears.
After her grandson Liu Che ascended the throne, his methods were formidable, forcing Dou Yifang to retreat to the inner palace.
Han Yue suddenly wanted to try a new love story in the Han palace too. Princess Guantao discovered her and presented her to her imperial son-in-law, hoping to use her to save her daughter A Jiao. So Han Yue entered the palace and became Liu Che's new favorite.
Liu Che didn't always come to see her. His beloved consorts came one after another, yet he kept telling her that she was the one he loved most.
Han Yue looked at him and smiled faintly. His love was not as deep as he was. If Zhao Zheng had loved her seven parts out of ten, then he loved her only two.
She had grown tired of this game of love. She turned into starlight and flew away in front of him.
To be continued.
Author's note: The male lead is Zhao Zheng, before he becomes King of Qin. The two break up once he becomes King Zheng of Qin. The heroine may have romantic relationships with some historical figures, but Zhao Zheng is the only one she truly loved, even if only for a short time. So to a certain extent, the male and female leads have a BE. When they were together, they were both each other's first and only sexual partners.
Author's content warnings: After the romance between Zheng and Yue, there are more romantic relationships. Liu Che is not a virgin, and neither is the heroine. Neither is a virgin. Also, romance is not the main focus. There are more friendships and family bonds, and the heroine's role for many historical figures is simply to accompany them. At the same time, she is the moonlight in the hearts of many historical figures.
Theme: Embrace solitude and survive adversity.