Ever since starting university, Shen Qinghe has been having the same dream on and off.
In the dream, she's trapped in a tiny body, spending four years with a little princess who shares her name, "Shen Qinghe."
"Sixth Princess, I'm afraid His Majesty won't like this congratulatory gift."
A palace maid holds a small wooden mechanical bird, pretending to be troubled.
No! That's an incredible creation, the kind of thing a master craftsman would pour all their heart into making!
As she watches the bird fly three times around the room when someone presses a button, she screams silently inside.
But the little princess doesn't understand any of that. She quietly cries all night.
As a bystander, Shen Qinghe can only watch helplessly as the little princess grows more and more sensitive and insecure, drifting further away from her loving father, the emperor, until she dies after accidentally falling into the water.
...So that's how it ends?
When she wakes up, she wipes the tears from the corners of her eyes, saddened by the little princess's fate.
"You have the same name as her. Maybe she's your past life?"
She listens to her friend's teasing and laughs, shaking her head. "How could that be? The Jing Dynasty in my dream doesn't exist in recorded history."
"You never know. No one has the same continuous dream over and over for no reason, right?"
"You'd better remember the story in your dream. Maybe one day you'll transmigrate there."
The words come true.
"Your Highness, the Sixth Princess! I've finally found you!"
Shen Qinghe looks at the eunuch kneeling on the ground and the hundreds of imperial guards behind him, and silently clenches her fists.
Everyone knows that the Sixth Princess, now returned to the palace, is His Majesty the Emperor's most beloved child.
"When you grow up, you can go see the mountains and rivers I've told you about."
Shen Xuanhe returns from court, sits her on his knee, and points to the map on his desk as he describes the wonders of the realm.
She smiles and agrees, her eyes shining brightly.
Message: Love
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