[Volume 1: 300,000 words; Volume 2: 100,000 words already written]
Her first encounter with Lu Shang took place on a rainy night at Jingchen Temple. He held a knife to her throat, but she remained calm. "I'll give you two choices. Either put down the knife and let me save you, or wait here to die. Did you hear that? Someone else is coming."
He asked if she knew who she was saving. Of course she did: the most controversial figure in the history of the Zhao dynasty, praised, disparaged, attacked, admired, and judged in equal measure.
Yet she saved him anyway. In the 21st century, she had been born into a family of antique painting restorers, and the painting she had spent half her life longing to restore was his work. She wanted to bring the painting's secrets back to the 21st century.
She approached him and urged him countless times: "Commander Lu, have you ever thought about leaving the capital and getting away from all the trouble?"
He said he wouldn't. He still had a score to settle.
Soon, everyone in the capital was gossiping that Second Miss Wen and the Commander of the Imperial Guards had an improper relationship. Wen Ji didn't care. She said the judgments of the world came from people's selfish desires. They enjoyed the feeling of looking down on others and passing judgment.
He told her, "Second Miss, if the day comes when you want to discuss marriage, come to me."
Even he, who could draw his blade and strike in an instant, had found someone worth staying for.
He risked his life to marry her, and she spent her life clearing his name.
Wen Ji: "Lu Shang, in my world, when you like someone, you say, 'The moon above the sea is the same moon in the sky, and the person before me is the one in my heart. My heart has always been that of a spectator, yet somehow I became a character in the play.'"
Lu Shang: "I want to give her the means to make a life for herself in this dynasty."
But before she ever met him, this dynasty had already ground away everything that made her who she was.
And everything it had worn away was rebuilt after he came into her life.
Was her transmigration a "journal" or a "record"?
Perhaps, under a feudal dynasty, it was always people's hearts that needed mending.
Note:
1. None of the characters are based on real people. This is a completely fictional setting.
2. The heroine grows over the course of the story. The earlier part focuses mainly on her advancement as a female official, and the romance develops slowly. Happy ending.
3. The hero is somewhat scheming, but very gentle toward the heroine. The characters are all vivid; no one is quite a villain, but no one is entirely good, either.
4. Later, the heroine becomes a consort in the imperial palace, is forced into marriage, and even becomes pregnant without knowing it. She ends the pregnancy herself. Please read with caution if this bothers you.
5. Updates are scheduled for 12:20 a.m. every day.
Theme: Right and wrong, black and white, are all in the hearts of people.
