[This novel has been on hiatus for extensive revisions several times since it began in the fall of 2024. A long time has passed, and many plot points have been discarded and rewritten. The author is not responsible for any pirated versions.]
Xiao Lingzhang was the most exalted princess, and she had fallen for Pei Ling at a young age.
Pei Ling, a secretary in the Ministry of Personnel, came from humble beginnings. Upright and unyielding, he was a celebrated young official, alone in standing up to the powerful.
As a girl, Xiao Lingzhang loved to chase after him with all her heart. From her early teens to the days when she blossomed into a graceful young woman, she hoped he might turn around and spare her a glance.
Then her siblings all died in the struggle for the throne.
Forced to learn how to protect herself amid the fight for power, she made herself suppress her youthful feelings, plotting and scheming, moving cautiously at every step.
But she never imagined that one day she would lose to the cousin she despised most.
And the man who personally helped her cousin ascend the throne was none other than Pei Ling, the man she admired most.
Xiao Lingzhang lost everything.
She lost not only power, but herself as well.
Before her father, the emperor, died, he issued an edict betrothing her to Pei Ling.
On their wedding night, Xiao Lingzhang still held on to a trace of her youthful affection for Pei Ling, but she knew he felt nothing for her.
She was merely a prize he had won for helping the new emperor ascend the throne, an ornament to decorate his own climb to power.
On the third day of their marriage,
the princess's carriage accidentally plunged over a cliff.
Thus, the beautiful Princess Huayang perished, and the bold, free-spirited woman she had been vanished from the world.
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Nan Rao was an orphan.
After falling off a cliff, she was badly injured and lost her memory. A young general rescued her, and over time they fell in love and married.
She was gentle, kind, and perceptive, and she and her husband lived in blissful harmony.
But their good days did not last. Her husband was framed by villains.
Resolute, she went to the capital to beat the grievance drum and seek justice.
That day, the all-powerful chancellor, who had been widowed for years, passed by the Court of Judicial Review and caught sight of the beautiful woman striking the drum.
She was the woman he had married and loved when he was young.
The princess he had lost and now found again.
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Young General Duan rescued an orphan girl.
He named her Nan Rao, carefully tended to her frail body, made kites for her with his own hands, and took her horseback riding on spring outings.
She, in turn, cooked for him and mended his clothes.
They supported each other as husband and wife, bound together in life and death.
Later, he was framed on the battlefield, but turned the tide of the war and fought his way back through a sea of blades and blood. He became a general who was ennobled while still young and renowned throughout the court.
The day he returned to the capital,
he sat high on his horse and saw the dignified, elegant princess in her carriage. His fingers clenched silently.
"She isn't another man's wife. She's my wife, Duan Xun."
1. The second male lead is the chancellor; the male lead is the young general. The male and female leads share a pure love and mutual devotion. The second male lead gets the tragic-romance treatment, briefly resorts to coercion with the princess after she loses her memory, and then the male lead returns to find his wife has been taken. The two men compete for the princess, who eventually becomes emperor.
2. The male lead, second male lead, and female lead have all been with no one else. The male lead appears later in the story.
3. The heroine is called Nan Rao in the early story, then changes her name to Xiao Lingzhang after regaining her identity as a princess. The story develops at a slower pace and is not an indulgent power fantasy.
[This blurb was written in the summer of 2023 and archived.]
Theme: What you do can change things. Never give up.
Finished spreading flowers!! 🌸 In the early stage, I really loved watching the extreme tug-of-war between the eldest princess and the prime minister who had to be tied as husband and wife, the "regret" of missing out when they were teenagers, and the scene where the young general "made three for love" after he came back. This kind of emotional line with a bit of a "deformed" feeling means that you need more of it to have balanced nutrition (laughs). In the later stage, it may also be because the update time was too long, and many plots that I particularly wanted to see were briefly mentioned. For example, what was the scene before the prime minister died, how did the empress secure the throne step by step, what sweet days did the general and the empress spend during their southern tour, and how did the little emperor finally come into being (actually, this is what I want to see the most!!), It all felt like it was turned on at eight times speed, and I couldn't read enough details... 😭 But it doesn't matter! Qualified readers, like those who posted in the post, can always find their own sweets and make their own brains more complete, hehe. [Let me be healthy] I am still very grateful to the author's wife for persisting in finishing this story. I still remember when I first started serializing, I clicked in from the hot recommendations, and the introduction really hit my XP! That night I stayed up late to tie the match. The part that impressed me most till now is still the part - the prime minister pretended to let Ah Xun go and gave her a jade pendant belonging to the eldest princess of Huayang. He also used political enemies to threaten and slander the reputation of the Duan family, forcing Ah Xun to admit in public that she was the eldest princess, and she had to call each other husband and wife with the prime minister. Seeing this was so exciting that Tian Ling Gai took off!! The Prime Minister's methods are too high. He got his wife with almost no effort. There are really very few male leads whose control and tactics can make me so excited that I want to rebel! Because General Duan had few roles in the early stage, he felt like a sunny and sincere little sun. His character level was not as three-dimensional as that of the Prime Minister... But after he returned in the later stage, he became really good! He is well-behaved, coquettish, sensible, and generous in front of his wife, but outside he does not shy away from being aggressive at all, he is decisive, smart, and sinister (I really can't stand it when the suona from the roof blows to disturb the Prime Minister, hahaha). The contrast is finally here! The character just stood up! Switch sides directly! [Sunglasses] All in all, I am really happy to have come across this article in the past two years. Although I stopped updating it many times, I was never willing to put it down. Every time I see the words "updated" in the upper right corner of the cover in my favorites, I feel happy for a long time. Now that I finally see it coming to an end, it's considered complete. Finally, I would like to say something to the author's wife: You must continue writing new stories!! I really like your writing, character creation and plot design. I hope you can continue to do new things in the future! 🐶🌹
It's quite sad to see Pei Ling gone like this.
Well, Pei Ling was a generation of powerful ministers who wielded power and controlled the government. However, because of his background, he also gave the common people and poor students in the court the opportunity to enter the officialdom, so it is still a bit sad to see his death.
Are there any extras? I remember reading this book a long time ago. I clicked in and it was finished. [Hold up my chin]
Finish spreading flowers! The large works are all very beautiful😋
It's over, wish them happiness!
Everything the heroine achieved when she came back was just relying on the hero's tolerance for her. She wants and wants at the same time, which is really disgusting.
Everything the heroine achieved when she came back was just relying on the hero's tolerance for her. She wants and wants at the same time, which is really disgusting.
The main male lead and the second male lead are influenced by different families of origin. One has a free-spirited personality and dares to venture and do things. The other is gloomy and will do anything for power and revenge. This is how it is reflected in his lover. One is sincere and open-minded, and the other worries about gains and losses.
Finished Spreading Flowers 🎉A very good book