That year, he was twelve and she was six.
He was the son of a deposed consort, and she was his little servant.
But then...
She sat high atop a rockery, looking down at him, and said in a childish voice,
"How dare you! Jing, you little brat, haven't you learned to call me Auntie?"
His mouth twitched. She wanted him to call her Auntie, and she was calling him Jing, you little brat. How hateful. What on earth was going on in her head?
That year, he was twenty-two and she was sixteen.
He was the crown prince regent, wielding supreme power. She had lost her memory.
But then...
"Who are you?" Heavens, he was far too handsome. Just look at his eyes, his lips.
"I'm your nephew. Who else would I be?" Amused, he blinked at her.
What? Now it was her turn for the corner of her eye to twitch. Nephew?
That year, he was twenty-five and she was nineteen.
He was the emperor, supreme over all. She was the heaven-hearing maiden, chosen by fate.
But then...
"Jing Yuan." Her gaze was devoid of warmth. "Remember, I can never promise you anything in this life. I can only ever be your aunt."
His heart aching, he gave a bitter smile. "Lan Jia, you're still as cruel as ever."
That year, he was twenty-six and she was twenty.
He was an iron-fisted emperor bent on conquering the world. She was a strategist in the imperial palace, plotting every move.
But then...
He stood in front of her, and the arrow from the heavens sank into his heart.
She cried out in heart-rending anguish: "No!!!"
Lan Jia, I offer you a promise. Will you offer me your hand, so we can rule the world together?
Two youths with the same destiny, and a thousand-year wager between a god and a demon. Who will become the ruler of the world and ascend to the heavens?
After trials of life and death, worldly fame and fortune, betrayal by loved ones, and fleeting glory, once supreme power is finally within their grasp and everything has settled, they will learn that in the end, it was all nothing but a dream, a play.
"Yin and yang, why must yin come first and yang follow? Dragon and phoenix, why must the dragon always be above the phoenix? Hmph! Since I, Lan Jia, have entered this world, I will turn the balance of yin and yang upside down across the Tianjiang Continent, and put the dragon and phoenix in their proper places!"
