Energetic, relentlessly ambitious heroine vs. proud, secretly passionate hero
After the gaokao, Jiang Yuelin opened her phone and started scrolling through Weibo.
A trending topic caught her eye: #Dear Li Hua, I Can No Longer Write Letters for You~#
Without thinking, she clicked on it.
And then she transmigrated to ancient times.
Jiang Yuelin: "Wait, what? Could you at least have let me enjoy myself after the gaokao and get my admission letter before sending me back in time?"
The mission card read: Find a person named Li Hua and write an essay for him.
The penalty for failure was simple: game over.
Jiang Yuelin: "...Can I get a different mission? I'm pretty sure you're doing this just to mess with me, and I have the evidence to prove it."
She had assumed the Li Hua she needed to find was some unlucky scholar who couldn't pass the imperial exams.
Until she discovered that Li Hua was actually...
The least favored Fifth Prince in the imperial palace?!
At first glance: so handsome. At second glance: so useless.
Why write an essay when she could write an imperial decree instead?
This time, she would conquer the realm with her dear Li Hua!
The hero's perspective:
Li Linjie was the overlooked Fifth Prince, courtesy name Hua.
His father didn't love him, his mother didn't care for him, and he was never going to inherit the throne.
He had to hand in another essay to his emperor father, so he might as well try the new writing shop that had just opened in the capital.
When the proprietress saw him, she looked as if she wanted to scoop him up and spin him around.
Li Linjie knew he was handsome as a tree and loved by all.
And when he saw the proprietress, his first thought was: so beautiful. His second was: so impressive!
Oh no, he was falling for her.
The proprietress only called him Li Hua. She must like him.
Later, the proprietress became a senior female official, and the 800-character masterpiece she wrote for him, "My Emperor Father," caused a sensation in the capital.
But Li Linjie realized Jiang Yuelin only cared about writing essays for him...
At last, he couldn't take it anymore. "Yueyue, what will it take for you to like me?"
Senior Official Jiang said she wanted to write imperial decrees.
Oh, so she wanted the realm.
What was there to say? They'd fight for it together!
Once they ruled the realm together, they'd each get half.
Li Linjie: "Wife, you know you love me... right?"
Bonus scene:
Jiang Yuelin, in strict-teacher mode: "Li Hua, write your essays properly! Learn argumentative essays, policy essays, parallel prose, and imperial decrees!"
Li Hua, utterly serious: "I only want to write a lifetime with you!"
Jiang Yuelin: "Let's start by rejecting students who neglect their other subjects."
That night, Li Hua whispered in Jiang Yuelin's ear: "Yueyue, reject me one more time~"
Please note! This isn't a traditional historical romance. It's set in an alternate history, with plenty of ideas that differ from those of ancient times.
The heroine is direct, the hero speaks his mind, and there's no angst!
The protagonists' names come from the line:
"Tossing aside the qilin tally and tiger tally, wandering through river moonlight and forest breeze."
From "West River Moon: Green Smoke in the Five Willows Ward"
Theme: Wandering through river moonlight and forest breeze
