The Moonlight Spreads over the Nine-Tiered Red Wall
月色漫过九重朱墙
by Green Mandarin Oranges Are Not Cold (青柑不冷)
- Status
- Ongoing
- Length
- 21k Words
- Genre
- Romance
- Era
- Ancient Era
- Updated
- 5h ago
- Source
- JJWXC
Stats
Tags
- ThemeLove
- POVMale Lead
- Age18+
- Angst
- Bad Ending
- Groveling Romance
- Tragedy
Synopsis
Emperor Xiao Jinyan of Dayao spent half his life in bloodshed and was born in a lonely life. He was looked down upon by the world at a young age. Only the gentleness of Su Wantang, the legitimate daughter of the aristocratic family, illuminated his dark and desperate situation and became his lifelong obsession that was deeply buried in his heart and paranoid to the bone. After ascending to the Nine Five-Year Plan and taking charge of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, he controlled life and death, determined the rise and fall, but he could not let go of the shocking glimpse of his youth. In order to keep the only light in his heart, he forcibly broke up Su Wantang's earthly marriage with an imperial edict, and imprisoned her, who loved freedom and longed for the ordinary mountains and plains, into a nine-story palace with strict rules and shocking steps. Everyone in the world envies Su Wantang for being favored in the Sixth Palace and full of splendor. No one knows that this overwhelming favor is like a cage wrapped in honey. Xiao Jinyan's love was extreme and twisted. He gave her countless treasures to protect her for a while, but due to his pathological possessiveness, he cut off all her escape routes, isolated her from all her relatives and friends, and trapped her within a square inch of palace walls. The palace was constantly under siege, the court was turbulent with intrigues, and during the turmoil, Su Wantang went from forbearing and hopeful to feeling cold and desolate. She never coveted imperial power and wealth, but only wanted a stable and comfortable life. However, this simple wish could not withstand the emperor's paranoid control. Xiao Jinyan was most afraid of her leaving, but he pushed her into the abyss with his own hands time and time again. He would rather betray the world and bear the infamy of a tyrant than let her go. After he cleared up the turmoil between the government and the public, stabilized the splendid country, and cleared away all the dissension and obstacles, he finally lost his moonlight completely. The moonlight spreads over the red wall every year, the mountains and rivers are stable, and the world is peaceful. He has thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, and only guards the empty and deep palace. The rest of his life is long and has nowhere to go, leaving only endless loneliness and lifelong regret. Purpose: This book uses deep palace intrigue and extreme sadomasochism as a carrier to interpret the tragic core of twisted and obsessive love. Power can control everything in the world, but it cannot imprison people's hearts and retain their warmth. The ultimate possessiveness is never deep love, but self-satisfied paranoia and harm. The heroine has been seeking freedom and ordinary life her whole life, but she has been trapped by extreme preference her whole life, which reveals that under power, the fate of an individual is involuntarily controlled; the male protagonist has the world but is lonely all his life, which proves that love based on confinement and possession will eventually destroy both sides, and if the obsession is too deep, it will regret it for the rest of his life. The full text has no redemption or perfection, and ends with a high-level tragedy, conveying that true love is never about confinement and control, but the core values of respect and fulfillment.