*Coming Soon: Thus, Clear Snow Covers the Blue Bamboo Slips
Female Grand Tutor | Forbidden Teacher-Student Romance | Restrained, Unrequited Love | Mutual Attraction | Political Intrigue | Slow-Burning Heartbreak
The affairs of youth, as pure as snow covering bamboo slips. If touched by a warm finger, the snow melts at once into tears.
At eighteen, Ye Shuxue entered the Inner Study as Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince.
At nineteen, she personally submitted a name and elevated Changsun Yunting to the position of heir apparent.
She taught him the principles of the world and how to conduct himself. But she never taught him how not to love her.
* War rages, and the mountains and rivers know no peace. A brilliant woman makes her moves, while a general loves deeply.
[An outwardly cold but inwardly warm Prince General x A supremely clever, slow-to-love orphan military strategist] [Unconventional characters: Everyone is unique, so take your time getting to know them~]
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Mo Qingzhou spent her whole life trying to understand the words the Empress said to her when she first entered the palace: "A woman, even when caught up in the game, can still be the clearest observer outside it."
Yan Beigu, Prince General, steadfast and loyal, his name immortalized in history;
Leng Qixian, a close minister to the emperor, actually calculating and adept at manipulating power across the realm;
A Yanta, a fierce young general with boundless ambition;
And the old strategist, Qu Wen, Meng Hu, Zhang Tishou...
As a turbulent world takes shape in the hands of men, how should she hold fast to her principles as a woman, and with whom should she form an alliance?
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At the time, she hadn't realized her feelings for Yan Beigu. But after a kiss, she told him:
"The world is in turmoil, and the future is uncertain. I may need to form alliances with many people."
"But I will stand only with you."
For ten years, they fought across north and south. She laid out plans for the realm on his behalf, and he crossed mountains and rivers for her.
An imperial pledge of honor, and the greatest service and renown.
If she wished, they would be his betrothal gifts. If she did not, they would be her dowry.
Rumor had it that she was the reincarnation of a Jiuli witch, a master of intrigue who could beguile and ensnare the heart.
But for him, she wore armor, risked dangerous moves, and entered a lonely game.
Rumor had it that he was a cold-blooded god of slaughter, striking at every turn with ruthless cruelty.
But for her, he made soup, tied up her hair, and in the night held her hand, pleading with his eyes: Don't go.
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Until the snows swept across the northern border, and ten thousand soldiers were in her hands. With a single command, she could bring peace to the realm and determine its fate.
But Yan Beigu held tightly to the hand issuing the order, unwilling to let her cut off her own escape route.
Only then did she understand: Clear as water, Qingzhou held fast in her heart.
Though she was the clear-eyed observer outside the game, in the end she was still:
One thought from the throne, one life unable to escape.
[Reader's Guide]
1. Many male supporting characters have unrequited feelings. The official couple is a completely straight-laced woman and her devoted puppy of a man.
2. There are quite a lot of battle scenes, and they're all rather heartbreaking.
3. There aren't many female characters, but every one of them is a leading lady.
4. There's a stretch in the middle with no fighting and an abundance of sweetness.
5. There will be a child, and readers can choose the child's name.
Theme: The world is in your heart, and so are you.
