Synopsis:
I thought that in the end, I was nothing more than a pawn. I never expected them to love me so deeply.
I was born during the height of the Liao dynasty. My father was Xiao Siwen, the Liao Empire's Northern Council Privy Commissioner and Chancellor of the Northern Administration. I was the younger half-sister of Empress Xiao Chuo, born of the same father.
Gifted from a young age, I was highly valued by my family. As a result, even my mother, who had no standing in the household and suffered constant humiliation, was able to live a peaceful and stable life. But I always knew that I was nothing more than one of my father's pawns.
I always believed that I would never have a say in my own marriage, and I never cared. To me, marriage was a matter of suitability, not love.
I tried my best to stay out of trouble, but I still found myself swept along, pushed time and again into the eye of the storm. I struggled to break free, yet remained trapped in the contest for power and profit. Then one day, I finally realized that all of you were doing everything you could to protect me, afraid I would be hurt, afraid I would be unhappy.
How fortunate I was to have met you when I was young. How happy I was to take the hand of the one I loved most, even amid the whirlpool of power and ambition.
Publication Announcement:
Like a Spring Dream, by Sì Yè Ling Lan. Length: 254,000 Chinese characters. Price: 29.8 yuan. Planned by Yue Du Ji, Beijing Reading Culture Company, and published by Qingdao Press. It went on sale nationwide on November 1, 2012, and is available at major Xinhua bookstores and independent bookshops across the country.
Like a Spring Dream contains four short stories: Like a Spring Dream, Drunk on the World's Beauty, The Lotus Heart's Ordeal, and The Emperor's Joyless Heart, plus an extra story for Bewitching Fragrance Beneath the Setting Moon. Tonight's Starlight Is Like Years Past has been retitled Drunk on the World's Beauty and included in this collection. Drunk on the World's Beauty is over 140,000 Chinese characters long. I hope you enjoy it.
Theme:
This is my favorite of the author's works many years ago. Let's revisit it~
The ending changed? Is the heroine and Yelu Xiezhen together? I remember when I watched it before, the heroine was with Li Jiqian.
Great writing ~ I really like this article ~
I really feel sorry for King Yan, I can't believe that someone like him could die so easily
Dad, why does King Yan have to die? ! ! ! The biggest doubt
It's so touching! Woohoo, I like King Yan the most
Really like this article! ! ! !
-_-# I remember I had seen it before and I was really sad about it. I was impressed because I was on the wrong team and Yelu was not the male protagonist. Has this been rewritten?
-_-# I remember I had seen it before and I was really sad about it. I was impressed because I was on the wrong team and Yelu was not the male protagonist. Has this been rewritten?
Speechless article, I like it but it's really tiring to follow it. Now I actually feel like I can't stand it anymore.
This is my favorite of the author's works many years ago. Let's revisit it~
The ending changed? Is the heroine and Yelu Xiezhen together? I remember when I watched it before, the heroine was with Li Jiqian.
Great writing ~ I really like this article ~
I really feel sorry for King Yan, I can't believe that someone like him could die so easily
Dad, why does King Yan have to die? ! ! ! The biggest doubt
It's so touching! Woohoo, I like King Yan the most
Really like this article! ! ! !
-_-# I remember I had seen it before and I was really sad about it. I was impressed because I was on the wrong team and Yelu was not the male protagonist. Has this been rewritten?
-_-# I remember I had seen it before and I was really sad about it. I was impressed because I was on the wrong team and Yelu was not the male protagonist. Has this been rewritten?
Speechless article, I like it but it's really tiring to follow it. Now I actually feel like I can't stand it anymore.