Everyone knows that Mu Changning, the fairest beauty in Wangjing and Princess Fuxue, and Young Master Wei Xian, the nation’s foremost scholar and a rising star at court, have been betrothed since childhood.
When the match was first arranged, one was the eldest grandson of the Grand Secretary of the Central Extreme Hall and chief grand secretary of the cabinet, while the other was the youngest daughter of Prince Kang, the emperor’s younger brother, and a princess ennobled at birth. Anyone would have called them a perfect match, well suited in status and as harmonious as a pair of jewels.
Not even seven or eight years had passed when the emperor’s fury drenched the land in blood. Grand Secretary Wei was thrown into prison and died there. The Wei family fell overnight, and its members scattered. Everyone expected the Prince’s household to break off the engagement. Instead, they heard that Prince Kang had brought Young Master Wei into his mansion to study.
Years passed. The late emperor died and a new emperor ascended the throne. The orphaned son of the Wei family had grown into a graceful gentleman. He passed all three imperial examinations with top honors, making a name for himself in the capital. Elegant and unrestrained, his hat tilted rakishly, he entered court and immediately became the emperor’s favorite, a man of immense influence.
The ladies began to speak with a tinge of sourness: “No wonder the princess has been so fond of sticking close to Young Master Wei since childhood.”
Everyone knew that Princess Fuxue had always followed Wei Xian around like a little shadow, and that Young Master Wei had always treated the princess coldly, only tolerating her antics because he owed her family a debt of gratitude.
The gambling houses of Wangjing openly took bets on when the betrothed couple would fulfill the princess’s wish and marry, or give Young Master Wei what he wanted and part ways amicably.
But neither outcome anyone expected came to pass. One day, the young princess suddenly announced at a banquet:
I won’t marry him.
That very same day, a mysterious person placed a massive bet, wagering that the two would love each other until their hair turned white and live together in peace until old age.
You were the helpless escape I had when I had nothing, and the only thing I possessed once I had achieved success.
Back then, snow fell over the Wei family’s courtyard, drifting down to brush my brow.
It brushed the flowing years, and it brushed the strings. After parting in the old city, we meet again before wine and moonlight.
Leaning on wine, I splashed flowers across a sheet of paper, to trade for flowers in the days to come.
How wonderful to share fresh green hues and rosy cheeks. Spring is ending, yet we are not old. Why have the years passed once more?
A deeply devoted, restrained, two-faced Young Master Wei Xian × an earnest, forthright, genuine little princess.
The heroine is reborn. One-on-one romance, both leads sexually inexperienced. Sweet romance, with a guaranteed happy ending. v.
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Theme: You were the helpless escape I had when I had nothing, and the only thing I possessed once I had achieved success
