"The constant endures, like the moon waxing and the sun rising."
"May you be like the moon, lasting through the ages."
But Xi Heng is stubborn to the core, and was never meant to settle down.
Wealth and comfort cannot dazzle her, and a splendid boudoir cannot imprison her heart. Yet the powerful hands in the palace keep trying to force a marriage upon her.
Before she was old enough to even know how to spell "rebellion," Xi Heng made the most defiant decision imaginable.
She fled the capital alone, changed her name, and became a drifting wanderer among rivers, lakes, and seas.
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When Jiang Ping meets Xi Heng again, he casts a divination for himself.
"Constancy brings success. No blame. Perseverance is beneficial. It is advantageous to have somewhere to go."
The noblewoman who saved his life amid the lotus-scented waters of Xianchi, then ran away from home after becoming betrothed to him, taught Jiang Ping what it meant to lose control.
Knowing he should not, yet doing it anyway. Knowing he should not go, yet seeking her all the same.
Jiang Ping knows he should let go.
But he doesn't want to.
A scatterbrained, rebellious escort guard x an innocent-seeming prince who's clever and calculating
Theme: Though the body drifts with the tide, the heart remains steadfast
