Sing No More of the Parting Song

A practice project. It's not very well written.

I'll reorganize the outline and then write the whole thing in one go.

Wang Wuge, an overworked office drone, transmigrates into the Great Shun dynasty as Princess Changyang of Shouyang.

The historical princess was peerlessly beautiful and exceptionally talented. Deeply favored by the powerful Empress Dowager, she married Xiao Wan, Prince Danyang, a man unmatched in both scholarship and military skill and famous throughout the realm, at the age of sixteen. Her life could hardly have been more perfect.

But Wang Wuge has already seen the script, so she knows all too well that her good days are numbered.

In the first year of the Wutai era, the emperor and empress turn against each other, the royal house collapses, and her husband betrays her without hesitation, conspiring with foreign tribes amid the chaos. When their armies come thundering in and slaughter the people of the capital, she, a princess with honor, will leap from Yongning Tower and die a heroic death for her country.

Wang Wuge transmigrates into the story in the first year of the Zhengguang era. The princess is nineteen, and she has only...

Eight years

Because she knows the plot, she understands all too well that her husband is a cunning actor and no good man. She must stay on her guard at all times and never give him an inch.

Though she keeps reminding herself of this, his beauty still knocks her off balance time and again, and his acting wins her over. Xiao Wan can make gentleness and thoughtfulness look so natural, and keep it up for all these years. He's truly impressive. Whenever she comes to her senses, she curses herself for being so weak, then treats him even more harshly.

"The reason we never got to that point wasn't anything special. It's really because..."

Wang Wuge seized Xiao Wan's face and forced an exaggerated grin. "Just like I've told you over and over: your face is so damn good-looking."

"Good," Xiao Wan said, gently covering her hand and looking into her eyes. "I'm glad there's still something about me that Your Highness likes. Even if all I have left is this face, as long as you don't despise me, I'll stay faithfully by your side and support everything you do."

[Heroine: She holds the script to a tragic ending and fights fate head-on. At first she's gloomy, crawling around in suspicion and paranoia. Eventually she learns to love and trust, becoming gentle and compassionate.

Hero: A beautiful, powerful, tragic prince of a fallen kingdom. He is restrained and patient, but people mistake him for gloomy and scheming. He can't explain his troubles and ends up winning himself over. He seems like a screen legend but is really a devoted simp; he seems like a ghostly menace but is actually a male model.]

An alternate world. The setting, institutions, and some characters are loosely inspired by real sources, but most of it is entirely made up by the author.

Marriage first, love later | Strong leads | Revenge | One-on-one romance | Happy ending

Theme: No matter the era or circumstances, stay true to yourself, remain kind and resolute, and love yourself and others.