Zhu Jingqing and Qi Ning were famous rivals in Great Yan.
At court, they clashed at every turn.
After court, they wouldn't even spare each other a glance, as if looking at the other would soil their eyes.
Everyone said they were utterly incompatible.
Zhu Jingqing thought so too.
Until one day, an imperial accusation landed Zhu Jingqing in prison, turning a loyal official into a traitor overnight:
An old friend who had once shared drinks and laughter with him burned every letter they had exchanged.
The ruler Zhu Jingqing had served with his life ordered his execution.
On the day of his execution, Zhu Jingqing saw Qi Ning. Qi Ning's usually gentle face now looked weary, his eyes red, as if he hadn't had a good night's sleep in days.
Zhu Jingqing thought: He must be so excited that his political enemy is dead, he can't sleep.
The moment the executioner's blade fell, Zhu Jingqing's head rolled to the ground, but his soul remained, unable to leave.
What he never expected was that Qi Ning would be the only one willing to gather his remains.
He stayed by Qi Ning's side for seven days. By day, Qi Ning went to court as usual and handled official business.
But at night, Qi Ning changed into mourning clothes and tied a white cloth around his forehead. Zhu Jingqing watched in horror as Qi Ning reverently kissed his gravestone.
What was this about? Was he going to keep disgusting him even after death?
Qi Ning got dead drunk in front of Zhu Jingqing's gravestone, and his father had to drag him away, exasperated.
His father punished Qi Ning by making him kneel in the ancestral hall, but Qi Ning refused to take off those clothes no matter what.
The disciplinary cane fell again and again, staining his white robes red.
In the end, Qi Ning's father gave in first. "What is your relationship with Zhu Jingqing? What could possibly make you go this far?"
Qi Ning's lips were white as snow, but his back remained straight. "I am his surviving spouse."
Zhu Jingqing was stunned.
Probably a story about enemies becoming lovers, with the top dying and the bottom going mad.
I'm bad at writing blurbs, so this may change at any time before the story starts.
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