A Stirring of Spring

· Every chapter has been carefully revised and includes added details. Pirated copies are crude and incomplete; please read the official version on Jinjiang. · One day, a young traitor bent on overthrowing the dynasty falls in love. · The heroine's story In a turbulent time, Princess Yongying is attacked by bandits and suffers a blow to the head, scrambling her memories. She mistakes herself for the heroine of a romance novel. That would be fine, except she also mistakes her sworn enemy, with whom she is at daggers drawn, for the lover who secretly meets with her. When her “lover” returns to the capital from war and still doesn't come to see her, as if he has forgotten her entirely, the haughty princess finally swallows her pride. She grabs a ladder and props it up against the general's mansion wall. · The hero's story After his twin brother is unjustly killed on the frontier, Yuan Ce conceals the news of his brother's death and returns to court disguised as his “miraculously surviving” brother, ready to settle old scores. He manages to win the emperor's trust and evade the suspicions of his political enemies, but he cannot escape a young woman who climbs over his wall one night, looking aggrieved as she knocks on his window. “Brother A-Ce, you haven't come to see me in so long. Do you not like me anymore...?” “...” No one told him they were this kind of sworn enemy. · A little scene Yuan Ce on day one: A little patience is needed to achieve great things. He can take it. A few days later: This is too much to endure! He runs. Some time later: Technically, she's his sister-in-law... Fine, he'll coax her back. Some time after that: He really can't take this anymore. Sorry, Brother, but I'll have to be the one to start something with her and leave her. Later: What, she only hit her head? Later still: What, she's recovered?! * The setting is fictional, no historical research needed. The leads grow over the course of the story and are not perfect. Synopsis written on March 9, 2021, and archived. Theme: Keep your heart turned toward the light, and you will see the dawn.