The White Jade Bell

From the seven-year-old to the three-year-old, everyone in the Jiang Dynasty knew that Feng Jiuyue, son of the prime minister, was gay and foolishly pined for the refined and noble Crown Prince Xie Yan, as pure as frost. Feng Jiuyue was beautiful beyond compare, but had a useless head on his shoulders. He cared only about love, lived like a spoiled young master, and spent all day following Xie Yan around, putting Xie Yan's affairs above his own life. Xie Yan always kept himself aloof and superior. Only when the struggle for power reached its most critical point did he deign to drink and talk with Feng Jiuyue late at night, then spend the night with him. Feng Jiuyue thought he had finally gotten what he wanted, and entrusted Xie Yan with his passionate love and all his father's secrets. But what arrived wasn't a betrothal gift from Xie Yan. It was an imperial decree condemning his father to execution and confiscating his estate. It turned out the whole thing had been a trap. Their tender whispers and caresses had merely been bait to lure him in. On the day his father was beheaded, Feng Jiuyue hanged himself. His face was pale as paper as he dangled from the rafters. He thought he had finally found release, but the heavens must have known his grievances, because they let him live again. Xie Yan had been confined to the Cold Palace since childhood and had endured every kind of hardship. He had sacrificed too much for power and wealth, but had never regretted it. "These are just minor setbacks on the road to my great ambition. They mean nothing. Once I ascend the throne, everything will be within my grasp." "Including Feng Jiuyue." But that day, when he opened the door and saw the gorgeous young man hanging from the rafters, he finally tasted regret that pierced him to the bone. Cold, selfish, and covetous gong × beautiful, gloomy, spoiled shou ※Important: danmei, intersex characters, childbirth, melodrama. If this isn't your thing, click the X. ※I write this for my own enjoyment. You don't need to tell me if you're dropping it. Insults will bounce right back. ※This is a melodramatic story. Subscribe by chapter; don't impulsively buy the whole thing in bulk. ※Completed long stories: Immortal Lord (a wife-winning-back-after-regret story), Rebellious Disciple (an older-man-younger-man master-disciple story), Toward the Sun (a bittersweet childhood-friends story) ※Completed short stories about winning back a lover: No Name, Puppy, Be Happy ※Upcoming historical danmei stories about winning back a lover: My Senior Brother Regretted It After My Heart Died (Immortal × demon), Beauty in a Dream (Crown Prince × fool), Gouged Heart (melodramatic tragedy) ※Coming soon: My Senior Brother Regretted It After My Heart Died My senior brother is the brightest star in our sect. He's exceptionally talented, unrivaled in beauty across the six realms, and utterly unstained. Lotus flowers bloom beneath his every step. My talent is mediocre, and my looks are demonic. In our sect, I'm his opposite in every way. Our master scolds me for having an impure heart and tries to expel me from the sect. My senior brother keeps me there, teaches me cultivation techniques, and hopes I'll calm my mind. But I pay lip service to him while secretly growing obsessed with him. Everyone in the sect calls me delusional, a toad trying to eat swan meat. Whenever I hear them say it, I go berserk and fight them, only to end up covered in wounds. My senior brother gradually grows disappointed in me and spends more and more time away from the sect. I haven't seen him in a long time when I hear that he's about to ascend. At last, bathed in brilliant, auspicious light, he walks up the Stairway to Heaven. The bond between my senior brother and me is severed. I cultivate like a madman. By the time I ascend to immortality, my senior brother has descended to the mortal world to undergo his tribulation of love. His Dao companion will be an Immortal Lord suited to him, not a monster like me, neither demon nor immortal. I steal the Immortal Lord's fate and marry my senior brother, but he still refuses to love me. He tells me, "You shouldn't be like this." When he undergoes his tribulation, he has no magic. I control him and force myself on him, and even have his monstrous child. When my senior brother regains his senses, he plunges a blade into my heart and says, "Mo Li, you've disappointed me so much." Our monstrous child is sweet and adorable, but he turns it into a pile of dust in his hands. The past drifts by like a cloud, and our tribulations are over. He finally becomes the Immortal Venerable he always wanted to be, while I become a carefree Immortal Lord, wandering the world in search of a way to save my son. But when I ignore him, my senior brother goes mad. It's too late for everything now. ※Coming soon: Beauty in a Dream Everyone in the Jiang Kingdom says that Yun Shengmeng, the only son of General Changfeng, is a fool. He's more beautiful than a celestial being, yet spends all day lost in his search for immortality. Every day he dreams of building a Stairway to Heaven and finding an elixir of eternal youth. The general had his son late in life and lets him do as he pleases. One moment, he blows up an alchemy furnace; the next, he falls from a tall building. He's always getting into trouble. There's always a beauty in Yun Shengmeng's dreams. Like a flower reflected in a mirror, like the moon in the clouds, he always thinks this person must be an immortal, which is why he keeps seeking the Way to immortality. But then he meets Crown Prince Xie Yun, and it seems the person in his dream has parted a gauzy veil and walked right before his eyes. Convinced it must be a match ordained by heaven, he boldly and fervently pursues Crown Prince Xie Yun. Xie Yun has never met such a beautiful yet foolish plaything as Yun Shengmeng. His eyes are as clear as colored glass, and his figure is as light as a swallow. These days, the nobles of the Jiang Kingdom all keep male courtesans, so Xie Yun thinks it won't hurt to play with him. He believes he has never felt anything sincere, but on the day of his wedding, Yun Shengmeng sets everything ablaze. Why does his heart hurt so much? "You're not that person. You're a liar, a bad man. I curse you to never find love, for all eternity." Yun Shengmeng leaves without looking back, and his words consume Xie Yun like a nightmare. ※Coming soon: Gouged Heart My name is Yun Que. I'm the lowliest immortal attendant in the sect. I can only do menial chores like sweeping, and I don't even have the talent to cultivate. Xie Yuan and I are worlds apart. He's the closed-door disciple of the Boundless Immortal Venerable, famed throughout the four seas and eight wildernesses for his beauty and blessed with deep immortal affinities. When he was born, seven-colored cranes brought auspicious tidings. Everyone in the three realms knows his name. I stand at the foot of the green mountain steps, watching him walk up the Stairway to Heaven day after day. I never dared hope we would have anything to do with each other, until one day he found me and said he loved me. I felt as if every flower in my life had bloomed, and I had no regrets left. Later, I learned that his junior brother had a heart condition and needed a seven-aperture exquisite heart as a medicinal ingredient. I smiled bitterly. Who would have thought an ordinary person like me could possess such a rare treasure? Right in front of him, I cut out my heart and liver, then jumped off a cliff, leaving no body behind. Who could have imagined that I would be reborn? Theme: Follow the direction of your heart, and you'll be unstoppable.