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In the twenty-eighth year of Jingyuan, the Fourth Prince, who had been living outside the palace, returned.
In the autumn of the thirtieth year of Jingyuan, Emperor Wu went mad, and the Fourth Prince ascended the throne.
In the winter of the thirtieth year of Jingyuan, the new emperor handed the throne to his Fifth Brother, returned to the wilderness, and proclaimed himself the Lord of Years. His whereabouts have been unknown ever since.
Excerpt from The Southern Pavilion Records: Si Jing
A mere fleeting glimpse in a book was enough to make Ning Lan, a university student, fall in love with Si Jing, the Lord of Years from the Southern Pavilion, a man scarcely mentioned in the vast and dazzling history of the Xia Dynasty.
She even took an elective on the unofficial history of the Xia Dynasty for him. Then, in the first class, she suddenly transmigrated to the Southern Pavilion of long ago.
Someone approached slowly through the snowy mountains. A graceful gentleman, warm as jade.
He smiled. “Miss, have you run into some trouble?”
His clear, gentle voice crossed the long years and reached her ears.
Ning Lan paused, then smiled. “Hello!”
Si Jing: “Hm?”
“Ah, I mean, it's an honor to meet you!”
Si Jing: ?
**
After transmigrating, Ning Lan only wanted to be a bystander and witness Si Jing reach his destined end with her own eyes.
When Si Jing wanted to admire the plum blossoms, she played in the snow nearby. When he wanted to go down the mountain, she followed. When he wanted to investigate a case, she went with him.
As they got to know each other, the truths buried beneath the cold words of the history books came to light, and Ning Lan began to waver.
It was only when Si Jing lay on his deathbed at the Yongle Manor outside the capital, his life hanging by a thread, that she finally made up her mind.
If you want revenge, I'll do everything I can to help you, and then make your name live on for all time!
**
A ball of snow slipped from a branch, revealing a red plum blossom beneath it. Its crisp, delicate fragrance lingered in the air.
Si Jing smiled faintly, holding a branch of plum blossoms as he walked forward.
How lucky he was. His true life began at the Southern Pavilion, and in the end, it came to an end there too.
A prince who seems gentle and mild but is deep and calculating x a sun-bright girl who transmigrated
Reading Guide:
1. Happy ending
2. Entirely fictional setting
Theme: Hold fast to your principles even when facing adversity
Keep it up, come on!