Song of Resentment

He is a young emperor, gifted in both letters and arms, brimming with talent;

she is the beautiful, brilliant daughter of a powerful minister, whose smile could topple a kingdom.

When they meet, they should have become a perfect, enviable couple,

if he were not an emperor in name only, stripped of real power,

and she did not come from the very family that took everything from him.

Fate makes them adversaries, locked in struggle, yet binds them together.

When hatred seems only natural, love is utterly powerless.

And in this love, at once intimate and distant,

his indignation and her song of resentment

both finally crumble like dust on the steps, fading into an abiding sorrow woven through time.

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Note:

This edition of The Song of Resentment and The Song of Sorrow

combines the two books into one volume.

It is divided into This Life: The Song of Resentment and The Next Life: The Song of Sorrow.

The original text has largely been preserved, with no cuts or other changes.

Thank you, dear friends, for all your support and encouragement over the years. ^^

Premise: I have no subtle feelings with which to prove my love, so I offer the bright pendant of Jiangnan.