May I Ask If the Crabapples Know Spring?

Whether you love someone and wish them life, or hate them and wish them death, it's all a torment. The Buddha cast us into this vast mortal world, half in a blissful illusion, half awake in the Avici Hell. A young lord in red, a handsome youth on the road, embracing on the Qinhuai River: one moment, and a lifetime is lost. Click the author's profile in the upper right and follow to keep from getting lost. Brother Zhou will take you on the fast track. Completed danmei novels: The Commander Won't Set This Straight and Unparalleled National Hero Completed historical romance: The Hanlin Academy's Daily Shenanigans Next historical romance: Cheng Huan (now updating) Meng Xiu came to Prince Shu's estate when she was six. At seventeen, after Prince Shu got drunk, he took her virginity. Neither of them spoke of it afterward. Meng Xiu thought the prince had simply lost control after drinking, and kept hoping to save enough money to buy her freedom so she could leave the estate and marry. Who would have thought Prince Shu was such a tyrant? He took the money she'd saved to buy her freedom and wouldn't even let her talk to other men! Four or five years passed like this, until Prince Shu entered the palace and ascended the throne. He grabbed her wrist, his face dark, and said, "All under heaven belongs to the emperor. Is there anyone in this world foolish enough to steal my woman?" Readers who insist on both leads being sexually inexperienced, beware. Happy ending (probably. A happy ending is my bare minimum, haha). Theme: