[Two kings face off, lovers who hurt each other, childhood friends turned enemies. Older, restrained pursuer x proud, sinister pursued (after their falling-out)]
For three hundred years, since the Luo clan took power, the Nine Provinces of Huaxia have enjoyed peace.
Sadly, their descendants proved unworthy and eventually followed in the footsteps of the Ji Zhou dynasty. They claimed to have united the realm, but in truth, each region governed itself.
The only slight advantage was that the imperial house still had some power left, just enough to stand alongside the feudal lords of the four corners of the realm.
“Qin has lost its deer, and all under heaven will chase after it.”
In the 324th year of the Great Luo dynasty, the emperor held his wedding, and the vassal kings from all four borders gathered.
Under the surface, currents swirled, and everyone harbored their own schemes.
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On this trip to the capital, Southern King Xu Jiao brought his foolish son along, hoping to broaden the young man's horizons.
Before they departed, he specifically warned him to watch his words and actions, or else he would be left in Luojing as a hostage.
Xu Yilu obediently agreed, then promptly got himself into serious trouble.
If Xu Jiao had only been upset because his son had fallen in love with a man, it wouldn't have been such a big deal. The real problem was that the man was the heir of the Western Kingdom.
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Xu Yilu, of course, had no idea that twenty-two years ago, a distinguished guest had visited the Southern Kingdom.
His name was Xie Chenqiu, heir to the Western Kingdom, who had fled there after being persecuted by his elder brother.
His grandfather, the old Southern King, saw the value in him and arranged for him to stay by the side of Xu Yilu's father, then a young man.
To Xu Jiao, Xie Chenqiu was a teacher, a brother, and a friend. Their love was only natural.
But Xie Chenqiu never stopped thinking of his homeland.
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Later, turmoil broke out in the Western Kingdom, and they had no choice but to summon the heir, who had spent many years in exile, to return and govern.
For the only time in his life, Southern King Xu Jiao set aside his pride, all to keep his beloved by his side.
Seven years had made him confident that he knew Xie Chenqiu inside out, but in the end, he lost everything.
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He wanted Xie Chenqiu dead.
Reading notes:
1. The protagonists are from the previous generation. Little Lu is their biological child (let's just say it's because of a special ethnic group), and A Li is their nephew.
2. This is a true love-hate relationship: their love and hatred are intertwined, they hurt each other and owe each other, and they're a perfect match for one another.
3. The protagonists have no ideas that transcend their era and no modern morality. The only reason they're monogamous is that they love each other too much.
4. The setting is a fictional dynasty after Qin. Details are in the main text. It draws on historical references, but isn't meant to be historically rigorous.
Theme: Love can overcome any obstacle
It's obvious that he gave birth to his wife and made her more charming😋
Are you actually dreaming about it every night? What a patriarchal person. Jie Chenqiu 🥺 Hating your wife and loving your wife will eventually end up thinking about your wife all the time ()
At first, I was a little suspicious that the gorgeous woman who came in was Ah Jiu, but I still couldn't believe it. After all, today is different from the past, and Ah Jiu is not the young prince who needed to be sacrificed back then. Ah Jiu should not be so willful and easy to see Qiu. I didn't expect that he would actually do this. Well, well, he would use the chance of his life to threaten a slave girl who couldn't help but also play tricks on Qiu. He clearly knew that Yi Qiu loved and hated him, so he would not go to anyone else. He would rather see Qiu's rage and embarrassment with his own eyes. And Ah Jiu himself couldn't bear it. He couldn't even accept the female slave touching Qiu. The goddess doesn't like King Xiang, but the goddess likes King Huai. So this is not intentional by King Xiang and unintentional by the goddess. It is a burning fire, an entanglement of love and hate, a love affair between a husband and a concubine, pleasure, a confused and infatuated relationship between a gentleman who is still in love and a mountain ghost and an enchantress. It is also an old lover's hatred 🐶🌹. Since you are already in pain and hate the other person, you must make the other person feel more pain. If you are not happy, you cannot make the other person feel better.
Oh↗yo↗It's different when ex-husbands and ex-wives meet. [Glasses] The last few paragraphs are really beautiful to me: on one side, I hate him and blame him in my heart, but in my actions, I still have the inertia of sticking to each other as soon as they meet (don't worry about whether it's intimacy or provocation), and on the other side, my hands I quickly pinched the person's wound, but I didn't know how to treat him at all. I put my hand on the person's arm before I realized what to do next. Should I care for him and heal him as before or let him get hurt again? It's really hard to guess.
Support reminiscing about old times and then make some regrets🥺
The CP we drank is real, we were buried together in the southwest 😍
Both of them know that the other loves them deeply, but there is too much distance between them. Xiaojiu hates Shen Qiu for abandoning him for the Western Kingdom. Chen Qiuze is because there are too many lives between him and Xiaojiu, and he is the king of the Western Kingdom, and Xiaojiu is the king of the Southern Kingdom. Xiaojiu wants to become the master of the world, and the Western Kingdom is another step that must be taken.
After such close contact, it was really smooth to be honest with each other and reveal one's ambitions and desires. Is there anything that can't be said? The other person is the love of his life, and he is also his destined enemy. Since he cannot love completely and hate completely, and cannot get all the love from the other party, it is equally good to get the other party's complete attention and attention. The Lord of the South and the Lord of the West have been enemies for life, and even if they are mentioned in the history of the future, their names will stand side by side. Ah Jiu and Qiu love each other very much. Ah Jiu still loves Qiu completely, even though he knows that Qiu betrayed him and brought him a lot of pain. As the lord of the southern country, Jiu should not let his personal feelings take precedence over his family and country, but he still wants to comfort Qiu, look at Qiu and trace those beautiful eyes. Ah Jiu could look squarely into these beautiful eyes. As for Qiu, men don't shed tears easily, but they don't reach the point of sadness. Just like Ah Jiu once shed tears while watching Xiaolu reminisce about their friendship, Qiu also shed tears silently. She was not only happy because of Ah Jiu's love but felt sorry for her relatives and friends, but also felt painful because she still loved Ah Jiu.
He still loves him [Glasses] Xiaojiu's love is full of possessiveness, so he hates himself for not being able to get all the unreserved love from Brother Ajiu. No matter how Shen Qiu persuades himself, he can't restrain his instinct of caring about and loving Ajiu. Let the couple continue to be in love! I feel so guilty when I think of the couple still being together while they were debating wildly in their minds whether they love him, hate him, or both love him and hate him... (So will there be a second child?
Hearty and touching, both of them are selfless and immersed in great joy. The fingers are interlocked and the kiss without lust is an instinctive reaction. Spiritual love makes them more satisfied and filled with inner feelings than physical joy. Qiu firmly believed that Ah Jiu loved him, and he was once again sure that he also loved Ah Jiu. Holding Ah Jiu, he gained inner peace. But Ajiu is not just Ajiu, and Qiu is not just Qiu. In addition to love, there is also hatred and the stance of family and country between them. Thinking that Ah Jiu had tried every means to prove that Qiu didn't love him before, he thought, what a young couple, and shook his head. Qiu was quite restrained and considerate of Ah Jiu, but in the end she still wanted to hold on and endure the situation [like]. Ah Jiu, brother, once again brought two people who thought they were spending the night together in a dream back to reality. They were always dreaming, why did they wake up so quickly 😣