The Plan to Save the Mad Dog Who Was My White Moonlight (Both Reborn)

[My other novel, The Unfilial Son, is currently being serialized. Please add it to your collection!]

[Compassionate and gentle noble-born daughter x beautiful, strong, tragic, loyal death warrior]

[Remember to check the content warnings]

How much would you willingly do for someone you love?

In his previous life, Jiang Heng was the blade Emperor Ming wielded against the great noble clans, a traitor condemned by all, a devil doomed to descend into hell. All because he was willing to give up everything to save Zhou Xunyan.

Reborn, Zhou Xunyan is still the noble-born daughter raised in comfort since childhood, the beloved little Bodhisattva in the eyes of the people, and the deity who helped him make his way into a vast new world.

In a household that devours its own and a court rife with political schemes, she advances step by step. With a woman's strength, she raises Jiang Heng from a lowly convict slave into a great general who protects his country: fighting the northern tribes, reclaiming the north, securing a century-long peace... He walks the righteous path in the most blood-soaked way.

After being reborn, Jiang Heng grows greedy and obsessive. He begins to covet the woman far above his station, longing to entwine himself with her until death, bound to her in every life.

"This slave is your blade, my lady. I live for you, and I die for you."

He is a rabid hound, because he can never be satisfied.

Some say a Bodhisattva would never show favor to an asura, yet she bows her head to gaze upon the world for his sake;

Some say an asura can never understand the righteous path of the mortal world, yet for her sake, he lays down his blade.

They are each other's moonlight, holding hands as they walk the long road ahead.

Reader's guide:

① Both leads are reborn. The heroine is reborn first, and the hero some time later. A slow-burn story about growth.

② The heroine supports the hero, with a touch of child-rearing fiction. The heroine is a little Bodhisattva, compassionate and kind, but not a mindless saint. If this character type isn't for you, please move along. Don't come in and insult my girl, thanks. (I'm her real mom.)

③ Includes household infighting, political schemes, and a little mysticism (don't take it seriously).

④ Set in an alternate history, with a few details borrowed from the Wei and Jin dynasties (don't nitpick the history).

⑤ Very, very long. The author is reliable and won't abandon the story.

I hope you'll follow along and keep me company. Don't leave it sitting in your collection gathering dust until it's complete (sob).

Coming next: The Unfilial Son

Blurb:

Everyone says Song Jingque is both the happiest and the most unfortunate person in the world. Her father, the chief of the Three Excellencies, is the prime minister; her brother, a general of the chariots and cavalry, ranks among the highest ministers. At twelve, she entered the palace and was made a Noble Consort, second only to the empress. She is breathtakingly beautiful, with a slender waist, dark hair, and skin like ice and jade. None of the women in the imperial harem can compare.

Yet she is a sickly girl afflicted with a grave illness.

"Oh, Noble Consort Song, what hope is there in living like this?"

"There is hope," Song Jingque says with a smile. She looks at the old emperor, who is several years older than her father, and thinks, If he doesn't die, how can I?

So she picks the least favored of the princes, the Ninth Prince, to be her son. Maybe if she keeps him in line, she can enjoy being Empress Dowager one day.

But how did raising him turn him into such a little beast?

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Mention the Ninth Prince, Zhou Ruoci, and anyone will spit in disgust. His mother, Consort Yue, a princess of Liang, hanged herself after the Zhou army defeated Liang. Emperor Yuan consequently despised him, leaving him to fend for himself for years. When he was nine, he ingratiated himself with Noble Consort Song. She took him in, and from then on, no palace servant dared bully him.

Some said he was lucky, that this was what it meant to benefit from his mother's favor.

For the first few years, he believed them. But later, when his feelings spiraled out of control, he no longer wanted to call her Mother Consort. He wanted Song Jingque to be a magpie perched on his shoulder, calling out to him without end.

[At first, their loving mother-and-son act was nothing but a performance.

Later, the mother was no longer loving, and the son was no longer filial.]

Theme: Life never gives you a second chance. Treasure every step along the way.