Qing Xi, Sunny Dawn (Qing Dynasty Transmigration)

Meng Chunzuo, a second-year girl at an ordinary senior high school, dozed off during history class and never expected to transmigrate to the forty-ninth year of the Kangxi era, becoming Nian Qingxi, the second daughter of the Nian family, famed for being spoiled, arrogant, and willful. As a fan of Qing-dynasty transmigration stories, she knows all the historical gossip, and naturally knows what fate has in store for her. But

So what if she was an utterly devoted member of the Fourth Prince's fan club back in the modern world? Daydreams are just daydreams, and the fable of the man who loves the dragon but fears it fits her perfectly.

So what if the Fourth Prince really is handsome and has taken a special interest in her? Nian Qingxi is Nian Qingxi, and Meng Chunzuo is still Meng Chunzuo. She doesn't want to bear someone else's fate or take on a love that was never meant for her.

What other secrets does the original Nian Qingxi hold that she knows nothing about? In her midnight dreams, the memories he and she once shared are so beautiful they inspire envy, yet they break her heart...

So, faced with a fate she already knows, she chooses to run away and refuse it.

She was the first person she saw upon waking from her dream. She could brew a pot of fragrant milk tea, and she always wore a serene smile, with an air of elegance. Her smile concealed too many meanings for her to understand...

The man she met while out with the Nian family was handsome, dashing, and unruly. He always spoke to her in a teasing yet affectionate tone, but the sorrowful, melancholy look that occasionally crossed his face had her heart in a vise...

The Fourth Prince's marriage alliance fell through, but the ambitious Old Master Nian wouldn't give up. So when Qiaoxin arranged a matchmaking gathering, Nian Qingxi met a graceful, gentle young man, as refined as jade. Their meeting was destined to be only the beginning of a tragedy...

“Seven years. Seven whole years! I can't wait any longer... Because I truly don't know how many more seven-year stretches this life of mine can endure!”

“Gege, I can't give you any of the things you want, but you may do as you wish with everything I have, even destroy it... I don't mind.”

“Qingxi, the skies over the Forbidden City are too narrow to hold us both. So I will set out to conquer the northwest and bring back a wider sky, one that I will offer to you alone, ”

“You call me a madman. Don't you know? From the moment I realized I had fallen in love with you, that despair had already driven me mad!”

A quiet, ethereal dream, with Qingxi in it.

This story may be full of familiar tropes, but it's a dream I've tried my best to bring to life, even though it can never come true~