Pure Fragrance Beside Jade [Dream of the Red Chamber]

[Blurb One: First Meeting]

Lu Qingzhi transmigrates into a book as Lin Daiyu's personal maid.

She thinks her job is to serve tea, keep watch at night, chat with her mistress, and occasionally take a hit for Miss Lin.

Lin Daiyu thinks she's just an ordinary maid, until one day she notices something strange about the way the girl looks at her.

It's not awe or flattery. It's tenderness, joy, and a light so radiant it can't be hidden, spilling out at the slightest touch.

"Keep looking at me like that and I'll kick you out."

"You wouldn't dare."

"...Who says?"

"Your eyes do."

#After I transmigrated into a book, my own young lady glared at me every day

#But she looks so beautiful when she glares at me

[Blurb Two: A Promise of Love]

Lin Daiyu does something that shocks the world.

She kneels before Grandmother Jia and declares, "I am already married to Qingzhi."

The room erupts. Some call her mad, some say she's possessed, and others shake their heads with a sigh: "The Lin family has lost all face."

She stands, brushes the dust from her skirt, and looks back at Qingzhi, waiting outside the door.

Her eyes hold laughter and tears, along with a stubbornness that says, "I know the whole world is cursing me, but I don't care."

Beneath the crabapple tree, the wind tosses Qingzhi's hair, and her voice trembles.

"What did you tell Grandmother?"

"The truth."

"What truth?"

"All I want in this life is you."

#Those years we loved each other against the whole world's judgment

#Lin Daiyu's ultimate confession

#You're mine, and I'll protect you

[Blurb Three: Together Until Old Age]

On the day they marry, someone blocks the doorway and shouts, "Shameless!"

Daiyu takes Qingzhi's hand, pushes open the door, and stands on the steps, looking at the crowd without a trace of shame.

"Are you done? If so, please move aside. We're about to hold our wedding ceremony."

Qingzhi asks softly beside her, "Aren't you angry?"

Daiyu glances at her, the corners of her mouth curving slightly.

"I'd rather look at you than get angry at them."

#Commandery Princess Wen'an's daily comebacks

#Miss Qingzhi's record of spoiling her wife

#Forty years of twin lotuses in bloom, and one glance back still makes us young

One-Sentence Synopsis:

In her past life, she traded ten years of her life to wake me. In this one, I'll spend my whole life by her side until our hair turns white.

Reader's Guide:

- One-to-one romance, happy ending, both leads are virgins

- Daiyu x Qingzhi, both strong, both devoted to each other

- Sweet with angst, angst with sweetness, satisfying ending

- Iconic scenes ahead: presenting a book before the emperor | confession in the hall | declaring their love beneath the crabapple tree | the Xiangshan villa | Grandmother Jia's birthday banquet | watching the sea at Penglai | reunion in the modern era

Couple Vibes: Precious in the palm of your hand | You alone are my green mountain | Everyone else pales beside you | My love will never change

Theme: Love helps us become better. You came for me, and I grew into a better version of myself for you. In the end, we stand side by side beneath the heavens.