Bright, fierce, and frail Eldest Princess x a gentle, proper man in public, but selfish, twisted, and mad in private
A little political scheming / Faked death and amnesia / Over-the-top love-triangle drama / A love forged in a sea of hatred
Blurb
The day Shen Bi burned herself to death in Changning Palace, the officials of the court all breathed a sigh of relief.
Though the legitimate Eldest Princess was blessed with beauty and talent, she had once volunteered to marry for peace and once borrowed troops to quell a rebellion. Yet the world feared that she was a woman usurping a man's role in government.
Only one person dared defy all convention and petition the emperor for an edict allowing him to marry her in a ghostly wedding.
That person was Ning Yi, her childhood friend, who had become the son of a traitor after his father rebelled.
Rumor had it that he had lain low to avenge his father, deceived her into trusting him, and driven her to her death. Now he had gone so far as to torment even her departed soul. What else could that be but humiliation and desecration?
But no one knew that he had not asked for revenge. He wanted to die with her.
On their wedding day, he carried her spirit tablet through the wedding hall and murmured:
“The living find a good match, but even in death they hate to be alone. Though we may dwell apart in life, in death we will share a grave. I only fear the underworld will be too cold. I will soon join you there.”
He was gravely ill and, sure enough, close to death.
But Shen Bi had not died.
She stood before him, lively and well, without recognizing him.
Ning Yi was so furious that he no longer wanted to die.
Shen Bi went to great lengths to nurse him back to health. She had planned to leave the court behind and enjoy a happy life together.
But who could have foreseen that the winds would shift overnight, enemy forces would reach the city gates, and her subjects would beg her to return to the palace? And as if presiding over the palace were not enough, they begged her to go to the front lines and command the three armies.
Shen Bi thought, if they say a woman has no place ruling, then she will keep calling the shots until the sun shines bright.
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Theme: Last night, a splendid dream beside the lotus pond; this morning, a dream of millet porridge.
Hahaha, Brother Zhao, this nursing sister 🤩
Your writing skills are great. This dream was written so wonderfully. Even though it is a dream, it seems to have happened in real life. The parents came to say goodbye to the heroine's baby. I feel heartbroken 😭 I was also frightened when the male protagonist was executed. It was written so immersively that I felt my chest hurt 🤔
I'm interested, the author's skills are so good, I feel like I'm immersed in the scene. Watching the Queen commit suicide made me so heartbroken 😭 😭 😭
I feel that the heroine is still a bit dangerous like this. I just put my life on the line and sweat for the heroine. I don't dare to look down 🤔🤔🤔 In fact, it is quite understandable that the heroine wants to do her part, but this decision is still a bit too impulsive, plus there has just been a war. 😭