When the Flowers Fall, I Meet You

[Cool, proud, sharp-tongued bottom x scheming, defiant, weepy top]

On Dou Yi's first day in the capital as a political hostage, he met Cen Chu.

The first time Cen Chu saw Dou Yi, he teased him, saying he looked like a princess sent for a political marriage. The boy was asking for a beating, and that was how the two first met.

Dou Yi appeared to be a young lord, but was actually a hostage. The capital was full of dangers, but Cen Chu treated him with sincerity time and time again, and Dou Yi gradually opened his heart and accepted him as a friend.

Later, a misunderstanding and the death of a close relative left Cen Chu heartbroken, and he left the capital. He was gone for eight years.

Over those eight years, Cen Chu came to understand his own heart. What he felt for Dou Yi was not friendship, but a secret he could never reveal.

When they met again, Cen Chu was all the more certain of his feelings and relentlessly demanded a place at Dou Yi's side.

Later, Cen Chu's father was ordered to put down a rebellion, only to be killed with a single stroke by Dou Yi's so-called younger brother. Divided by national and family grievances, the two ended up on opposing sides.

When chaos engulfed the capital, the emperor was assassinated by a traitor. Cen Chu led troops to rescue him, but arrived too late. With the throne vacant and the people in panic, General Chen returned from the border and revealed Cen Chu's true identity. The chancellor also held the late emperor's final edict, and Cen Chu ascended the throne.

Dou Yi faked his death to escape the rebels, but Cen Chu believed he had killed him. The young emperor spent the night in a coffin, clutching Dou Yi's belongings.

Not long afterward, Cen Chu issued an edict stating that after his death, he and Dou Yi were to be buried together on Mount Mang, sharing one quilt in life and one grave in death.

Dou Yi had been badly injured and rescued by someone. When he learned what Cen Chu had done, he still couldn't put the man out of his mind, so he decided to face his feelings and return to him.

The decisive battle between the two armies was about to begin when Dou Yi made his way through countless dangers and unexpectedly appeared in the military camp. The young emperor held him and wept uncontrollably, crying like a child.

Dou Yi had crawled back from death's door to see him, but his health was already failing. Cen Chu gave him a longevity lock.

Dou Yi wasn't afraid of death, but he didn't dare die, either. He knew how mad Cen Chu could be. He knew that after his death, Cen Chu would follow him without hesitation. So Dou Yi didn't dare die. For Cen Chu's sake, he had to live well.

A hundred years from now, their names might appear on the same page of the history books, or every trace of them might be erased, as though they had never existed.

Then, they would finally be free.

PS: Happy ending. The bottom appears first, so don't get them mixed up~~

Both the top and bottom have double identities!

Moral: Resilience