When the new ruler ascended the throne, the Xue family offered their legitimate daughter to the new emperor to prove their loyalty.
The young lady left her betrothed behind and was welcomed into the palace in grand style by the new emperor, becoming his beloved concubine.
No one knew that on the eve of her wedding, she had knelt and pleaded with her parents, begging not to be sent to the palace or made to abandon her betrothed. All she wanted was to spend her life with him.
Chu Jin, Prince of Changfeng, was the youngest son of the emperor and empress, and the crown prince's full younger brother. From childhood, he had been proud, flamboyant, and willful.
At sixteen, he met Miss Xue and fell in love at first sight. They were deeply devoted to each other, became engaged, and promised to love one another for life.
But a palace coup changed everything. The emperor and empress died, the crown prince was deposed, and his second brother took the throne and tried to have him killed.
He fell from great heights into the dirt, and the woman he loved abandoned him too, turning to his second brother instead.
His father was dead, his mother was dead, his brother was dead. He was the only one left alive... living a life worse than death.
Thankfully, he survived.
Xue Jun never imagined she would see Chu Jin again.
Chang'an had fallen, and its once magnificent palaces had burned to ash. The lively, handsome young lord of years past was now disfigured beyond recognition.
Noticing the terror in her eyes, Chu Jin couldn't help but smile.
“Have you forgotten me, A Jun?” He leaned close to her face and whispered in a voice that sent chills down her spine. “I've been thinking all this time... about the day I might see you again.”
Xue Jun had been with two men in her life.
Both had made her wish she were dead, yet unable to die.
A Short Scene:
One early autumn afternoon, the emperor asked her, “Why won't you speak to me?”
She turned her head, numb.
The emperor stared at her, lost in thought.
“That's true. I killed your husband, and now I'm going to kill your son too...” He smiled. “It's only natural that you hate me.”
She stabbed him in the face with her hairpin.
Reading Guide:
1. The female lead is not a virgin; the male lead is.
2. Happy ending
Theme: Communicate openly
