Snow Burns Chang'an

Rivals-to-lovers pairing: a clever, cunning warlord’s daughter VS a deeply calculating, ambitious schemer The emperor is in Chang’an, and the Wei manor commands its own army. As the eldest daughter of the Wei-Bo military governor, who rules supreme over his territory, Xiao Chenbi supports the young emperor, secures Hebei, and sets her sights on the realm. But Prince Changping, Li Xiubai, repeatedly thwarts her. Then, just as the war between the regional governors breaks out, the two of them fall off a cliff together. Xiao Chenbi survives against all odds, only to end up in enemy territory. To stay alive, she is forced to pretend to be Li Xiubai’s widow, claiming to be pregnant with his posthumous child and loudly telling the moving tale of her love for her mortal enemy. The ruse works almost too well. Not only does Xiao Chenbi evade the search, she thrives in Chang’an on the strength of her status as her enemy’s surviving wife. There is just one problem she can’t explain away: she has never even met Li Xiubai, let alone conceived his child. With no other choice, Xiao Chenbi hires a handsome man to father her child. Once her pregnancy is confirmed, she decides to keep the baby and get rid of the father. But the man not only survives, he turns the tables on her and tracks her down at the prince’s manor. Horrified, Xiao Chenbi rushes over with people to intercept him. But after seeing them together, her servants sigh that Xiao Chenbi really must be true love, to have brought him back from the dead. Only then does Xiao Chenbi realize that the man is none other than the enemy she once fought from afar. At last, Li Xiubai also understands that the supposedly useless husband Xiao Chenbi has been talking about is none other than himself. Listening to the heartrending love story about them that has spread through every street and alley, he wears an unreadable expression and gives a wry smile. “When did I ever love you so much I could die for you?” [Reader’s Guide] ◎ After she pretends to be her enemy’s widow, the enemy who faked his death returns; ◎ Set in the mid-to-late Tang dynasty, amid separatist warlords and rival powers. Some details are based on and quoted from histories such as the History of the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties; ◎ Two ambitious schemers outmaneuver each other. At first, they’re pure enemies; later, the male lead loves but can’t have her and turns into a deranged, villainous obsessive; ◎ The entire novel has been carefully revised. The only complete edition is on Jinjiang. ※My next book, Across the Line, will be starting soon. Tap the top-right corner to follow it in my profile※ Xin Yi is a little flower spirit, born of nature, with no one to rely on. One day, Lu Ji, famed as the greatest swordsman of his generation, publicly confesses his love for her. At a loss, she can only stand there while the supposedly aloof Lu Ji pursues her relentlessly. He rescues her from a demon’s lair, gives her pearls, and tells her all sorts of new things, like “transmigrate” and “girlfriend.” Xin Yi doesn’t understand what “girlfriend” means, but little by little, she falls for the Lu Ji who is nothing like the rumors. To everyone’s envy, they soon set a date for their wedding. Their wedding banquet is the grandest in all the land. Xin Yi is sure she has found a good man, but when Lu Ji lifts her veil, his personality changes completely. In a cold voice, he says, “I’m not ‘him.’ That person took over my body and married you. Now ‘he’ has left my body. I have no intention of taking a wife, and I have no feelings for you. I’m sorry.” Xin Yi has never heard of anything so strange and assumes he’s joking. But the next moment, Lu Ji destroys their marriage contract with his own hands. Xin Yi accepts it. If it was a misunderstanding, they can simply call off the wedding. But the spell binding them hasn’t been undone, so she has no choice but to stay for a while on the immortal mountain. After that, they remain husband and wife in name, but are strangers in practice. Rumors spread across the immortal mountain that Xin Yi, with her lowly origins, will never be able to hold on to her position as the Lord’s consort. Xin Yi says nothing and quietly keeps to herself. One day, Lu Ji’s personality changes back to that of “that person.” He says “he” has returned, and treats her with the utmost tenderness. Though Xin Yi feels guilty toward the real Lu Ji, she truly craves this tenderness. They consummate their marriage, and their love grows stronger than ever. It should have ended there, until another “he” appears. His hair is cropped close and his face is unrecognizable, but his loving tone has not changed at all. He says he crossed through time again and again for Xin Yi, and has finally returned. Xin Yi finally understands: this is the person who fell in love with her in the first place. But if “he” has only returned now, then the person who spent the last three months whispering sweet nothings with her and sharing her bed… was the real Lu Ji? ※Other completed novels※ After We Were Hit by a Love Spell with Our Mortal Enemy Ashen Joy: Find The Stranger Beside Your Pillow and other titles in my profile; Weibo: @Jinjiang Xian Xiang Theme: End violence through martial strength, and protect benevolence with the blade. Be as firm as a diamond, with the heart of a Bodhisattva.