The day Qin Suining set out on a long journey, the weather was bright and clear.
When she returned, a heavenly fire had burned the mountain gate to ashes.
Clutching a handful of surviving manuscripts, she entered the capital alone, seeking justice in a city of gold and splendor.
But on the white jade steps of the Golden Throne Hall, the Great Jing emperor sat on his throne with an indifferent expression, wearing the exact same face as the childhood friend who had kept her company day after day at the academy.
The former "Shen Yuan" had become the emperor Zhong Mingyuan.
From the day she began repairing documents, she embarked on the most difficult path of all. With a fine brush, she painstakingly helped the women of the realm stand tall amid the court's ranks of nobles.
He offers himself to the darkness, so she lights a lamp for him.
He seeks peace for the realm; she guards peace year after year.
She wants the harvest to be bountiful, and she also wants the young man who sits alone in the abyss to see spring again.
[Updated daily. I'll take a break if something comes up.]
Theme: Never give up in adversity, and keep pursuing the light.