Stubborn, straightforward younger female general top × Obsessive, lonely older princess bottom
Twelve-year age gap / Chasing and capture play / Poison cure / The princess chases her love, then faces a reckoning (no guarantee the reckoning will be enough for every reader)
On the day Shen Zhao transmigrated into another body, she fell beneath a cliff and met Princess Zhao Yunshang of Great Chu.
A plum-blossom fragrance clung to the other woman, too strong for even the wind to carry away, crisp and intoxicating. That night, beneath the lantern light, there was a fistful of clenched dry grass and desire beneath a cloak, without a trace of affection.
After spending the night together, Shen Zhao was captured and taken back to the princess’s residence for questioning.
Thus began a tangled cycle of being captured by the princess, escaping, and being caught again.
That night, Zhao Yunshang wore a red dress and led her beneath the red silk bed curtains. It wasn’t to cure the poison; it was because desire had taken hold.
Zhao: “Are you going to run again?”
Shen: “I won’t run anymore. With warm bedding and a beautiful woman from now on, only a fool would run.”
Shen Zhao thinks they’re the only ones for each other, but then she discovers that Zhao Yunshang has a deceased fiance, Xiao Yang, a woman who disguised herself as a man and died in battle. The princess keeps a memorial tablet for her in the residence.
Though Xiao Yang is dead, it seems she may not be entirely gone. Shen Zhao can’t stand it and runs away, but the princess soothes her with a few gentle words, and Shen Zhao’s heart softens again.
Until the day of Xiao Yang’s memorial, when Shen Zhao finally sees Zhao Yunshang’s heart clearly.
Zhao Yunshang promises that Shen Zhao will be her only bedmate for life, but she gives the title of princess consort to the deceased Xiao Yang. It seems nothing the living do can ever compare to the dead.
Shen Zhao gives up completely. She leaves a letter ending their relationship, determined to join the army and complete the mission given to her by the spirit-stone jade cicada. She’s going to transmigrate back to her original world.
Once they’re in separate worlds, they’ll never meet again, and Zhao Yunshang will never be able to catch her.
She wonders if Zhao Yunshang will one day glance toward the window and think it’s her. She’s probably already forgotten her.
What she doesn’t know is that after their breakup, Zhao Yunshang loses all composure and can’t sleep through the night once she has no word from Shen Zhao. As soon as news reaches her, she sets off in a carriage to track Shen Zhao down a thousand miles away.
Zhao: “Come back. We’ll pray to Heaven and our ancestors, then marry.”
Shen: “Wasn’t General Xiao the princess consort in your heart, Your Highness? Why look for me instead?”
Zhao: “I’ve decided to let go of the past. What will it take for you to believe me?”
Shen Zhao turns away, her voice echoing through the empty valley. “Unless Xiao Yang is reborn.”
Also known as The Plum Blossoms Bloom in the Night.
* A melodramatic one-on-one romance. Read with caution.
* Happy ending, absolutely.
* The plum-blossom poison is an original creation. After five treatments, it will be completely cured and won’t keep recurring.
* The fiance disguised herself as a man, and the princess knew. But they never had sex or kissed!
* Historical transmigration into another historical world.
* She disguises herself as a man in the first half, then comes out publicly in the second half.
* Women having children with women. No children until near the end.
Theme: Reject dependence and grow together
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For some reason, hzc came, but I just felt bored and not as eager to watch as before.
Zhao'er's constant avoidance suggests she's still hung up on the past. It's better to confront her directly and clarify things, letting the princess know that Shen Zhao truly no longer wants her.
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Where did this "literary warrior" come from, making such a big deal out of nothing, interfering in everything, and using such strong language that I thought the author had distorted history. I hope this doesn't affect my writing mood. If these kinds of reports can succeed, then everything an author writes will be controlled by the readers.
Hahaha, the devout woman is willing to have a balanced diet of meat and vegetables, so that they can suffer the consequences.
This can be complained about? There are these kinds of reporting monsters everywhere. Even if you don't read it, everyone else does. What are you trying to get attention for? Simply expressing your opinion in the comments isn't enough. If you don't like it, just scroll away. This abuse of reporting really wastes the creative environment. [Eye roll][eye roll]
The pregnancy storyline was really unnecessary. Was it because they couldn't find a reason to reconcile, so they resorted to using a child? How strange.
Xiao Yang returns as a victim, and Zhao Yunshang faces a choice between two options—this plot design is so clever! 🧋
This doctor Xia is another traitor! Just how many traitor is around this princess? She did not find out for 12 years?
Why am I stuck here? 😭😭😭😭 That's so mean! 😭😭😭