Noblewoman from a powerful family x Fallen palace maid
Feng Mochou, a woman from Jiuxian County, has a beautiful name that means "free from sorrow," yet she never knows a day of peace.
Orphaned young, she goes to live with her uncle. Less than three years later, she's summoned to the palace. After three years as a palace maid, just when she thinks she's about to make it through, she gets caught up in a royal conspiracy. Three years of painstaking effort go to waste, and she can barely keep her head on her shoulders.
Until one day, by chance, she is saved by Liu Miahe.
Liu Miahe is truly the most arrogant and ill-mannered woman Feng Mochou has ever met.
Relying on her noble birth, she looks down on everyone and orders Feng Mochou around without ever asking what she thinks. Feng Mochou remembers that Lantern Festival when Liu Miahe snatched her lantern without a word, tied it to her own, and set them afloat on the water. She even made up some nonsense about being a noblewoman, and said that with their lanterns tied together, their wishes would soon reach the gods.
Nothing but lies. Surely all beings are equal in heaven.
Liu Miahe asks what wish she made, but Feng Mochou refuses to tell her. Liu Miahe then says on her own that she wished to stay by the side of the one she loved forever, never to part. After saying it, she blushes, her large round fan unable to hide her face.
What a pity. What a pity.
Feng Mochou's heart has turned to iron caltrops. She is a sinner beneath the lotus throne; the gods and Buddhas will not protect her.
How pitiful. How pitiful.
That night, the moonlight was as bright as silver, and the Milky Way seemed to pour down upon Liu Miahe, making her look like a celestial maiden in a jade palace. Perhaps the gods and Buddhas might show her mercy.
So be it. So be it.
She raises her head and slowly moves aside the fan covering Liu Miahe's face.
With a flick of the wrist, I cast off sorrow, and together we embrace our prime.
Theme: The story of women under a patriarchal society and a feudal dynasty
