Clear Flame, Yu Xi (Han Yi's Story)

The cause is planted in one life, the consequence reaped in the next. A bond from the past remains unfinished, so how will the love of this life end? If we were not fated to meet in a past life, then let us renew our vows and fulfill our wish in the next. When they first met, she was a young woman awaiting selection, blossoming in the springtime of her youth, graceful and charming. They were a group of princes who would stop at nothing in their pursuit of power, and they were just as steadfast and determined in matters of the heart. He was wickedly charming and amorous, a flamboyant man who became a legendary imperial merchant. In just two short years, they met, fell in love, and were torn apart. Their love ran deep, and hurt deeply, but fate gave them too little time. He had once commanded a powerful army and stood eye to eye with the emperor. A single imperial decree stirred up a storm, and in the heedless days of his youth, one glance at her became an obsession. He offered her a love that would never waver in exchange for a promise to grow old together. He was easygoing and gentle, and all he wanted was to marry her, simply to fulfill the passion sparked by that fleeting first glance. He could give up the throne and ask for neither riches nor glory, as long as she would stay by his side. After the glitter and splendor were washed away, a lifetime of love settled into quiet composure. She did not wish to pine for him from afar; she only wanted to stay by his side. For whom did she keep that last trace of longing in her heart? Did the tides of history sweep her away, or did history make her forget the road she had traveled...