This historical romance is up for advance collection first. I'll update it later (I promise, I'll post four chapters!!).
In her previous life, amid a struggle for power and wealth, she was the one who got cast aside.
The year they first met, he was eighteen and she was fifteen.
Seven years later, death parted them forever.
That year, war raged, and the old emperor died. He Ancheng had only just ascended the throne. To keep the country stable, he was forced to agree to a political marriage with an enemy nation.
Lin Wangyu, the young new emperor of the enemy nation, had designs on Lu Zhiting. Knowing that she and He Ancheng were close, he named her as his bride to torment He Ancheng and humiliate him and his country.
Knowing Lu Zhiting would never agree, He Ancheng lied and told her that the man she was marrying was himself. She left for the wedding full of joy, believing she was the happiest woman in the world.
Only when someone lifted Lu Zhiting's veil and she saw the enemy emperor before her did she understand: she had always been nothing more than a pawn to He Ancheng.
After Lu Zhiting left, the country was peaceful and prosperous, and he had nothing to worry about. He Ancheng was surrounded by people every day, yet with her gone, everything felt empty.
Women who had been married off to another country could not enter the imperial family again. Still, He Ancheng overruled everyone and insisted on seeing her once.
But when he arrived in the enemy nation, he was told that she had fallen seriously ill the year she married into the country and had died of sorrow not long afterward.
He regretted it. He hated himself.
Being emperor was no easy task. Every day, he had to guard against people both inside and outside the palace. Driven by power, there were always those willing to take the risk of usurping the throne.
That day, after the Imperial Guards informed him of an assassination plot, He Ancheng inexplicably sent away his personal guards, allowing the unknown assassin to succeed with ease.
When He Ancheng awoke again, he was in the back courtyard of the Quiet Pavilion, where he and she had first met.
He calculated the time. It was around when he had wandered in during his previous life. But after waiting for ages, he still didn't see the familiar figure appear.
What he didn't know was that Lu Zhiting had also returned. Her fifteen-year-old body now housed the soul of a twenty-two-year-old woman who wanted nothing more than to stay away from him.
In this life, she would do anything to avoid him.
He Ancheng: “Honey, look at me!”
Lu Zhiting: “Isn't it better to be alive?”
Premise: Making choices is hard. Follow your heart.
Keep it up! (?-ω-`)
Has the lack of updates for three months meant they've given up?