Everyone knows that Princess Zhaohua of the Southern Kingdom built a Stairway to Heaven, where she enshrined the immortal Lord Jingchen.
On that day, Princess Zhaohua wore only a plain robe as she climbed the Stairway to Heaven and married the cold divine tablet there, proclaiming herself his wife.
What no one knew was that the former Imperial Preceptor, Yan Sidao, ascended to immortality in a radiant cloud that day, and Princess Zhaohua ascended with him, if only for a moment.
They knew even less that when the tribulation lightning came, Zhaohua had just given Yan Sidao a cup of Love Entwined. She shackled both his feet with iron chains and bound him at her side. What crime had a princess like her committed by trying to pluck this bright moon from the sky?
But before she could actually do anything, she ascended.
On the Immortal Ascension Platform, Yan Sidao stood among the clouds, mist and rolling clouds billowing around his dark robes. He still shone like the bright moon.
The immortals called him Lord Jingchen.
Before Zhaohua could say another word, she was thrown back into the mortal realm.
An immortal maiden on the platform told her that she was merely a trial written by the Star of Fate for Lord Jingchen to undergo, and that everything had been an illusion.
She did not even count as a love tribulation.
So what?
She had already ascended to the heavens and claimed him for herself. They were bound together by the shrine, destined to entangle with each other for all eternity.
The newly appointed Imperial Preceptor was always by Zhaohua's side, often saying, "All worldly ties are sinful. Better to cut off your attachments."
Zhaohua sat in the seat of honor, lowering her eyes to look at him. Her lips parted slightly. "That scholarly air of yours does nothing to conceal your ambition. You do remind me of him. Since he refuses to descend from the Ninth Heaven, why don't you take his place?"
The Imperial Preceptor lowered his head and said nothing.
Zhaohua scoffed. "Do you think you are worthy of being compared to my bright moon?"
A domineering, obsessive princess × a man who is his own stand-in and his own unattainable first love
Theme: Never give up. Keep chasing your dreams.
