My Dead White Moonlight Has Returned

While the Crown Prince of Dazhao was alive, he was dazzlingly talented and bright as the moon, the heir the world looked to and the future emperor.

But he died before reaching adulthood.

The Crown Prince was dead, and his coffin was sealed with precious jade. That day, the whole city wore mourning white. White pear blossoms fell in profusion as a long gust of wind swept through, and the white jade coffin slammed shut.

Three years later, a wandering musician arrived in Xunzhou City. Dressed in resplendent red, he held an old konghou and sang with a smile in a teahouse.

There, he unexpectedly met someone from his past.

Zhu Lian, daughter of the Minister of Justice, had known the Crown Prince since childhood. They were childhood sweethearts, and she was meant to be the future Crown Princess. They had promised each other a lifetime of osmanthus wine, leaning on their swords to watch flowers bloom, and traveling through a world as vast as mountains and rivers.

But the day before her wedding, news of the heir's death came from the palace.

Zhu Lian refused to believe it had been an accident.

She stumbled out of her wedding dress and into the court, vowing to uncover the truth of what happened that year. After many rises and falls in the official world, she finally found a clue in Xunzhou City.

It was also in Xunzhou City that she met a wandering musician. When he smiled and played the konghou, he seemed to bear a faint resemblance to someone from her past.

The Crown Prince had escaped death and spent three years recuperating in Xunzhou City. He changed his name and appearance, then returned disguised as a wandering musician.

He thought that no one in the world still remembered the Crown Prince of those days.

But on that day, snow fell in soft flurries, and the courtyard's white plum blossoms filled the branches.

Holding a cup of wine, he happened to pass by and heard someone murmuring beneath the flowering tree: "Your Highness, have you come back?"

Synopsis screenshotted March 16, 2024

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