The Escaped Bride

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On the day Yun Niang's father sold her to the Lin family, she dreamed that six months later she would marry the Lin family's eldest son to bring him good fortune. He would die on their wedding night, and her mother-in-law would poison her, leaving her to die miserably.

After waking, Yun Niang was shocked and afraid. Remembering her mother-in-law's vicious face in the dream and her usual harshness, she feared there would be no way to call off the marriage.

As she sat anxiously with her thoughts in a jumble, she saw her young brother-in-law seated at his desk, refined and elegant.

He was the most handsome young man for miles around. In the future, he would place first in the imperial examinations and become a favorite of the emperor.

Her mother-in-law treasured this son above all, saying he was worthy of marrying even a princess. She wouldn't allow any other woman, especially someone like Yun Niang, to get close to him.

Yun Niang didn't want to die, so she secretly approached her brother-in-law, thinking that if she could marry him, she wouldn't have to bring the eldest son good fortune.

When it was cold, she brought him hot soup. When it was hot, she brought him a fan. With a faint smile from him to encourage her, she gave him new clothes she'd sewn with care. In the end, she realized her brother-in-law's heart was made of jade: it looked warm, but was actually hard.

She saved up money, got travel papers, and ran away. Everyone in the village thought she was dead.

No one could have imagined that, a thousand miles away in the outskirts of the capital, red candles would blaze in a courtyard at night as the usually refined and composed man held her fingers in his, his eyes darkening. "Yun Niang, where do you think you're going, hmm?"

Synopsis screenshotted on April 7, 2023

Coming soon, one: Lotus of the Buddha's Heart. Synopsis: Jiang Ningyue married the Crown Prince at fifteen. When he ascended the throne at eighteen, she thought she would become empress without a hitch, but she was poisoned. It turned out the Crown Prince wanted her dead so he could marry the adopted elder sister from her household.

For three years, she gave everything for the Crown Prince, only to become a laughingstock.

Her resentment kept her spirit from departing. She saw with her own eyes how, not long after the Crown Prince's ascension, the court officials launched a coup and a man in a blue kasaya cut down the Crown Prince.

He was Master Mingxin, the young monk she had known since childhood, and the Crown Prince's twin brother.

She watched Mingxin become emperor. By day he was a stern ruler; at night he recited the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Vows Sutra over an old handkerchief of hers.

His words, "I came too late. If there is another life, let us meet again," dispelled Jiang Ningyue's resentment. When she opened her eyes, she was back before her marriage.

Reborn, Jiang Ningyue refused to keep suppressing herself. She wanted nothing to do with the Crown Prince or being Crown Princess. She was going to find her young master.

A distinguished guest had recently arrived at Danxia Temple. She was a noble daughter of the Jiang family, and she was especially kind to Mingxin.

When Mingxin went begging for alms, she offered incense money. When he preached, she showed her support. But when he was about to take his vows, she wouldn't stand for it.

She barged into the Dharma Hall and looked Mingxin in the eyes. "Are you really going to be a monk from now on and never marry?"

With all eyes on him, Mingxin blushed. His Buddhist heart had long since wavered.

Much later, the two stood side by side watching the moon. Mingxin quietly asked, "Why me?"

Jiang Ningyue smiled. "Because you asked for me in your previous life. You can't take it back."

Mingxin had always believed he was an orphan, until someone told him that he was actually the Crown Prince's older brother, and the throne had originally been his. He had never wanted to fight for it, but when the lotus in his heart was cruelly poisoned, he sat in meditation all night, confessed his sins to the Buddha, and killed his younger brother with his own hands.

He scattered her bones into the rivers because she had once smiled like a flower and said she envied him for being able to travel across the mountains and rivers. But she would never come back.

Coming soon, two: I Can't Possibly Be His White Moonlight. Synopsis: Jiang Wanning had been dead for half a year before coming back to life. Nobody noticed anything strange except the First Prince, Zhou Tinglan.

She was imprisoned by Zhou Tinglan. The first time they met again, he said, "I know you're not her. If you can tell me how to make gunpowder, I'll let you go."

Jiang Wanning could have cried. She wasn't the transmigrator who had possessed her body before. How would she know the formula?

She was forced to stay by Zhou Tinglan's side. She said every nice thing she could think of and even brushed his black dog's fur, but Zhou Tinglan remained unmoved.

Jiang Wanning snapped. She chased chickens and dogs around the manor, climbed onto the roof and tore up tiles, and even cursed out the esteemed guests who came to visit.

But she had no idea that the black dog had found poison while she was walking it, that the tiles she'd lifted concealed evidence someone had planted to frame Zhou Tinglan, or that the so-called esteemed guest was a high-ranking spy.

She didn't notice Zhou Tinglan's gaze gradually changing. She only secretly sent messages to her cousin, the Crown Prince, hoping to escape this hellhole.

Instead, she heard that the Crown Prince was going to marry her elder half-sister. Feeling dejected, she heard Zhou Tinglan say, "Why not marry me to get back at him?"

Jiang Wanning refused. She found a chance to escape, but fate played another joke on her. When she opened her eyes, she had become the youngest daughter of the Governor-General of Jiangnan.

Two years later, she heard that the "Jiang Wanning" in the capital was still there, while Zhou Tinglan was searching all over the world for the woman he loved.

But she couldn't be bothered to care. Life in Jiangnan was far too leisurely.

Bonus scene: The Governor-General of Jiangnan sought a husband for his beloved youngest daughter. After an exhaustive search, he finally found someone he approved of.

Curious, Jiang Wanning went to take a look, then turned and ran.

The next moment, hands gripped her shoulders so tightly they nearly crushed them. Zhou Tinglan's eyes were as dark as a deep pool. "I finally found you."

Jiang Wanning: ? What was going on? Was I the one he loved all along?

Theme: Growing through hardship, standing strong and never giving up