On the day Shen Yao was born, his grandfather watched the stars and declared that his life was precious but lonely. Her father never believed in destiny and only told her stories as a joke. In the tenth year of Jiajing, the ninth concubine was elected, and her grandfather's prophecy came true. Shen Yao, 15, stepped into the palace and lived in the shadow of the emperor ever since.
That winter, outside the Qianqing Palace, heavy snow fell on my shoulders. Lu Bing knelt down and bid farewell to the emperor, but the palace door did not open. When he stood up, the corners of his eyes were red - that one look would be remembered by Shen Yao for the rest of his life.
The emperor believed in the truth and destiny, and granted Shen Yao permission to leave the harem and climb the observatory. This also made her the target of public criticism, and she lived on thin ice. In order to save her life, she hid her love and made a deal with Lu Bing, went to the harem, and worked together to turn things upside down. She said: I don't seek wealth, I'm not afraid of being alone, I just want to live until the end. He said: As the empress wishes. She thought this was all - deep fate, shallow love.
It was not until many years after his death that his descendants sent him a star map. Next to the opening sun of the Big Dipper, the auxiliary star is outlined in detail. A line of small words next to it solemnly wrote: "Never say goodbye to each other, always follow the Beidou."
It turns out that he knew it all along.
Intention: Life is precious but lonely, it is a prophecy and a shackle. In that era when men wrote history, Shen Yao stood on the edge of power, watching people come and go. She regarded living as the lowest wish, but she lived with the highest sobriety. In the stormy sea, the way to survive is not to stand on the tide, but to learn to coexist with the tide. The way to love is not to make earth-shattering vows, but to have someone draw you into the star map and hide you on the side of the Big Dipper. You will spend your whole life without saying a word in exchange for your safety.