Blurb 1:
Miaoyin came all the way from a remote village in Bingzhou to the capital with a simple goal.
To disappear in the sea of people.
Only in Chang'an could she escape her past and become someone new.
Start a new life.
For seven years, she almost succeeded.
On her wedding night, Miaoyin fell asleep from sheer exhaustion, only to be startled awake.
Her husband sat right on the edge of the bed, peeling a shriveled greenish-yellow orange.
"Yinyin, how many years has it been since you last ate an orange?"
It was sour and bitter. Its faint fragrance was the only redeeming thing about it.
Miaoyin sat up, gathering the quilt around herself, and only then realized how much he resembled someone.
"You..."
Fuchun gave her a cold look and sneered. "I'm not dead. You're disappointed, aren't you?"
Blurb 2:
When Miaoyin was young, she thought she was desperately in love with Fuchun. She even used herself as bait to force the handsome young monk to run away with her. But she was fickle by nature. How could she stand forever listening to him strike the night watch drum as if it were a wooden fish?
Fuchun escaped death, but felt he had no face to return to the Buddhist order. Then he saw Miaoyin lost in a sea of desire, and felt he was to blame for what had become of her. So he changed his name and returned to help her find enlightenment.
[Please note]
1. Love, hate, passion, and over-the-top melodrama, with small-scale upheavals in Pingkang Ward.
2. Set in the Chang'an universe. Strange romances and strange customs, but no rebellion or war.
3. Lady Guo Yang Qi and Crown Prince's Consort Du Ruo make guest appearances.
4. The customs of the Tianbao era are open-minded, but monks and Taoists having illicit affairs is still taboo.
Theme: Look, the days are beautiful
