Burning Orchid Heart, Returning to the Islet

Name: Burning Orchid Heart, Returning to the Islet
Author: Gold Dust on the Shoals

焚兰心兮还洲山

by Gold Dust on the Shoals (砂金流渚)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 246k Words
Genre: Danmei (BL)
Era: Alternate History
Updated: 23d ago
Source: JJWXC

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Synopsis

A prince and a bodyguard, master and servant, childhood friends who promised themselves to each other.

An emperor and a traitor, life and death, resentment and endless hatred.

Yu Zhi Lu, the bodyguard, sent his childhood friend, Emperor Yuwen Tun, on his way with a cup of poisoned wine, all to open the imperial tomb and accomplish his own goal.

He never expected them both to be reborn and return to the day Yuwen Tun made Yu Zhi Lu his only bodyguard. Their past love was long gone, and a life forever stood between them. Yuwen Tun and Yu Zhi Lu hated each other, yet had no choice but to use each other, each with their own agenda, concealing countless secrets.

In their previous life, Yu Zhi Lu never became the empress Yuwen Tun had promised him, and Yuwen Tun never knew that he and Yu Zhi Lu should have had a child.

In this life, Yu Zhi Lu must find a reason to give up on Yuwen Tun, while Yuwen Tun decides he will never be emperor of this damn empire again.

High-IQ, low-luck, scheming prince gong x high-offense, low-defense, foreign ghost bodyguard shou

Yuwen Tun (Yuwen Lanying) x Yu Zhi Lu (Yu Zhi Lu)

*Angsty pregnancy plot! A normal childbirth in this life! The male leads are gay and hate each other! Lots of misunderstandings and twists of fate!

*Plot-dependent synopsis to be unlocked: ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

*Many details in the story may make you feel as though the main characters' values are being reshaped, so please be a little patient with them.

(Synopsis updated January 29, 2026)

Theme: Open the door to a new world

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