Reborn, Bright and Shining

In her previous life, she had tried every possible way to win the occasional favor of the gilded idol she worshipped, always waiting for him to grant her the slightest kindness, looking up at him as if he were beyond reach. He was the powerful party leader and minister who pacified the court and the realm, controlling all affairs and ruling the government alone. His schemes ran deep, and his power was overwhelming. Why would he ever care about someone as insignificant as her? Later, she lost her child and was confined to the estate, forbidden to go outside. He built her the magnificent, gilded Guanwa Pavilion, with bronze hooks, jade balustrades, and corridors of green jade. She liked the sound of jade pendants clinking together and broken porcelain falling into water. The notes were as clear as bright laughter, yet as harrowing as an infant's wail. Jade ritual tablets patterned with clouds, openwork green jade dragons, white porcelain from Xingzhou as pure as snow, celadon from Yuezhou as smooth as jade... The floor of the hot spring pool was strewn with sunken pearls and shattered jade. Three thousand students from the Imperial Academy presented a blood-written petition outside the estate, every word written in blood and every plea heartfelt: "What others see as glittering splendor, we see as blood and gore. We implore Your Excellency to heed Heaven's will and execute this wicked enchantress." Pre-save my new novel, The Old Tales of Xuanhe! It's a story about the previous generation. I'll build up a stock of chapters first, then start posting after Zhaozhao is complete. Please go bookmark it! A nation-destroying beauty, a hero of troubled times, and an emperor of a fallen dynasty. "If you were Xi Shi, once the land was at peace, would you sail across the Five Lakes with Fan Li?" Emperors and generals, heroes and beauties, a legendary tale. "Since you have betrayed me, we are strangers from now on. If I were Xi Shi, I would rather follow Fuchai and take my own life in the Wu Palace." Find more stories on my profile and Weibo: Zhongnan Gui.