The Love Knot [Past and Present Lives]

[In the sixth year of Yuanshou, Grand Marshal and General suddenly fell gravely ill and died in camp at the age of twenty-four. The emperor mourned deeply, posthumously bestowed upon him the title Jinghuan, and the whole country grieved.]

Cheng Jinyue was born into a princely family and raised as a hostage in the Han imperial palace from childhood. That was where she met Wei Lang, hailed as a young genius.

She watched him set out on campaign time and again, return in triumph, and make his name across the land.

Before one campaign, the young man rode out in fine clothes, smiling freely as he promised aloud, “Jinyue, when I return, I'll marry you!”

As the funeral bells rang, Cheng Jinyue heard their toll and gazed toward the distant horizon. Rubbing the matching-knot cord around her wrist, she murmured, “A Lang, how could you leave me behind...”

[In the sixth year of Yuanshou, Cheng, daughter of the Prince of Huainan, leapt from the Wangchun Terrace in the palace and died at the age of twenty.

Rumor had it that after the general's death, Miss Cheng had taken her own life in the palace. People of the time mourned them.]

In 2022, a young man suddenly entered Cheng Jinyue's uneventful life. After that, she began dreaming every night of the story between a young general and a noblewoman.

What puzzled her was how the general in her dreams looked exactly like the young man before her: handsome, with a straight, upright figure.

Later, he pulled her fiercely into his arms. Feeling his burning warmth and frantic heartbeat, she heard his clear voice by her ear: “Jinyue, I've missed you so much.”

She didn't know that in their previous life, he had clutched that piece of matching-knot cord until the day he died. He regretted not marrying her sooner. He had done right by the Han, but he had failed her.

Previous life: Frail noblewoman x young general

Present life: Bright, spirited girl x sunny top student

No matter how many people stand between us, I will find you.

[Reader's guide]

1. A story of past and present lives, told along two timelines. One-on-one romance, both leads' first relationship. The previous life has a tragic ending (though them both dying is really a happy ending), and the present life has a happy ending.

2. The male lead remembers his past life first; the female lead remembers gradually.

3. The male lead is based on Huo Qubing. The author welcomes corrections if anything is inaccurate.

4. Set in an alternate Han dynasty, with many original details.

Theme: Lovers will be together in the end