The Chancellor: A Separate Tale, Frosted Splendor

In the story, Xie Mo is twenty-eight. On his wedding night, he takes his whole family back to his hometown of Yunyang. But everything has changed. He was driven out of the Xie family long ago, so where does he truly belong? For nearly ten years, Xie Mo has never stopped longing to return. He has come back. Even if the outcome isn't what he hoped for, at least he tried. Twenty-eight-year-old Xie Mo tells the thirty-one-year-old emperor what he wants. Life in Yunyang is leisurely and carefree, and so are Xie Mo and the emperor while they are there. Even with the emperor's endless duties, they can always steal a little time to enjoy a brief respite from the world. They thought they would see the ink lotuses bloom in Yunyang, that Xie Mo would be able to return home, and that Dugu could once again recall the past amid the flowers' fragrance. But the shadow of war was drawing ever closer. The flowers had yet to bloom when war suddenly broke out, and they had to leave Yunyang. Then came separation, life and death... (Frost Blossoms was written two years ago. It's also told in the first person, from a third-person perspective, and is a side story from the seventh edition. From someone who really can't write a synopsis, - -.) Theme: