Frost Sword and Lonely Lamp

Romance blurb:

Susu died on the grandest snowy night the capital had ever seen.

Her spirit lingered between heaven and earth. Susu waited and waited, but the man she loved never came. Instead, she saw a figure holding the jade pendant she had worn in life.

He held her corpse and knelt on every stone step of Wujing Mountain, begging the Daoists to bring her back to life.

Susu was astonished. It turned out that, after twenty years of barely getting by, there was someone who truly cared for her.

After that, she accompanied the figure through the days and nights, the passing seasons. She watched him climb higher and higher, watched him take the life of her enemy, watched him sit alone beneath a green lamp through the long nights, and toss and turn beneath the moon, unable to sleep.

Later, he died, too.

Susu took his cold hand and said through her tears, "In our next life, I'll be the one to find you."

Plot blurb:

After being reborn, Susu initially wanted only to repay blood with blood.

She learned swordsmanship only to avenge herself and protect Shen Qian for the rest of her life.

Until she witnessed the land shattered and the realm on the brink of collapse, yet the powerful minister remained unmoved in his decision to cede territory and send a bride for political marriage.

Looking at the wilderness strewn with bones, Susu suddenly understood.

Heaven had already chosen another ending for her, long ago.

The gates of the Great Zhao kingdom fell, and countless men dared not stay.

Only Susu went alone to take the barbarian general's head.

The people were trapped in misery, and none of the court officials dared to save them.

Only Susu led three thousand troops and wiped out the enemy without leaving a single survivor.

With one sword, I will steady the realm and cut down every injustice under heaven.

At first, she wanted to wield her sword only for Shen Qian. This time, she would wield it for all the people.

Coming soon: The Princess and the Hostage

In the sixty-first year of Mingqing, Emperor Zhou died. The eldest princess, Zhangsun Wei, ruled from behind the curtain, acting as regent.

To prevent a woman from seizing power, the court officials busied themselves arranging her marriage. Men from powerful families and high-ranking officials came to seek her hand, lining up from inside the palace hall to outside the palace gates. Everyone wanted to pluck this exquisite flower from its lofty perch. No one expected the princess to point gently at a boy by the stables, as lowly as dust.

"I want him."

Ten years after her death, Wei Linghuai was reborn in the misty, rainy Jiangnan of that time. Aboard a pleasure boat, a woman gently wiped the blood from his face, her smile as serene as it had been back then.

"Would you like to come to the princess's residence? I'll keep you safe and carefree for a hundred years."

The boy wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, hid his fangs, and smiled innocently. "I could not wish for more, Your Highness."

Having lived again, he would choose a different ending for their story.

A short scene: One day in the harem, a palace maid overheard the emperor and empress arguing. Wei Linghuai cornered Zhangsun Wei against the wall, his voice full of grievance. "You lied to me. I wasn't the one who took you away back then. You were the one who set the trap."

Zhangsun Wei stroked his hair and smiled. "Your plan was so clumsy that I had no choice but to go along with it."

"Was it really that clumsy?"

Zhangsun Wei caressed his face. "Linghuai's beauty trap could be as clumsy as you like, and I'd still fall for it."

Theme: Love can overcome mountains and seas