She was the Xie family's legitimate daughter, sent into the imperial harem for her clan. He held power over all under heaven, cold-faced and aloof, until he met her. At first, their encounter was only a chance meeting, but who knew it had already determined their ending?
"Miss, haven't we met somewhere before?"
"Is that the only line you gentlemen know when you're trying to chat someone up?"
Beneath the pear tree, she smiled like a flower, and the two pledged their love for a lifetime.
"From now on, Xiao Lang is just a stranger."
She turned and left gracefully, her robes fading into the distance.
"Why are you always the one who leaves first?"