* A sunny country girl with a soft, delicate appearance and a strong mind x a brooding man, fierce and heroic on the outside but twisted and possessive within
Yun Lu was a kindhearted, cheerful country girl.
She had beautiful eyes and saw the goodness in everyone.
Huo Qingbei was a noble young man from a prominent local family.
He had the eyes of a villain and saw malice in everyone.
Yun Lu accompanied her brother to the capital for the imperial examinations. When they checked into an inn, a strange man happened to be staying next door.
Yun Lu went over to greet him. In response, he slammed the door so loudly that it echoed through the inn.
But Yun Lu did not take it to heart. Every day, she knocked on the next room's door and brought him pastries.
At last, Huo Qingbei asked coldly, “Are you trying to distract me so your brother will pass the exams?”
Yun Lu blinked. “You never leave your room. I was worried you might die in there.”
Huo Qingbei: “...”
Huo Qingbei mocked and insulted her, thinking she would stop coming. But the next day, the usual knock sounded at his door.
Gradually, he grew used to that sound.
Sometimes Yun Lu did not come by with pastries, and a trace of panic crept into his heart.
After Huo Qingbei passed the imperial examinations, the Nanjiang tribes rebelled again, wreaking havoc across the region. The court dispatched him to suppress the rebellion, and he left without a word.
Yun Lu waited a long time until her heart slowly gave up. Later, she married Pei Shiqing, a considerate and devoted colleague of her brother.
After Yun Lu married, her brother was posted away, and her husband became increasingly addicted to seeking pleasure, taking one beautiful concubine after another.
Huo Qingbei, who had crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, returned to the capital.
He heard that Yun Lu had been cast aside by her husband and was living in hardship.
His swordlike, icy eyes were stained red. A thought bloomed like a flower from the underworld, soaked in blood.
Take her from her husband!
The emperor ordered his officials to bring their wives to a temple to pray.
The royal temple was lush with bamboo and pines, its halls filled with the scent of incense.
Yun Lu stepped out of her room. Buddhist prayer beads scattered on the ground led her to a temple hall.
Through the leaves, she saw a man and woman caught in the act before the Joyful Buddha.
Yun Lu recognized the man. It was none other than her husband.
Huo Qingbei reached out with his long arm and drew her into his embrace. He wiped the tears from the corner of her eye, a glint passing through his gaze as he said darkly, “Your husband is utterly useless in every way.”
The heroine only gets taken home by the hero after she divorces.
The heroine is not a virgin. If that's not to your taste, read with caution.
The politics and systems are inspired by the Song dynasty, while the clothing is inspired by the Wei-Jin period and the Song dynasty.
Theme: Recognize the realities of life, and keep loving it anyway
