Phoenix Cry Across the Starry Fields

[She is the only variable in the fate of his empire, yet she is also written in the stars.]

The court is rife with intrigue, and the stars are pieces on a chessboard. She wields heavenly secrets like a blade, while he turns political schemes into a game.

"If you want to find out how your mother died, why not make a deal with me?"

"What kind of deal?"

"I'll help you take your revenge, and you'll help me... claim the realm."

Shen Qizhao, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Ying, was sent to a villa outside the capital after her mother died unexpectedly when she was sixteen. Her father's concubine claimed that Shen Qizhao had caused the death of her own mother, the Duchess of Ying, and used this as a flimsy excuse to drive her out of the Duke of Ying's estate.

Now, Shen Qizhao is consumed by the need to avenge her mother. She is skilled in medicine and adept at reading the stars.

An accidental rescue of the crown prince changes everything.

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During the Yonghe era, Crown Prince Xiao Jingyu is ordered to "investigate a case." On the way, he is struck by a poisoned arrow and left gravely wounded in a corner of the villa. By the time Shen Qizhao finds him, he is unconscious. She doesn't know who he is, but she glances at the sky and sees the Purple Star in its rightful place...

When Xiao Jingyu wakes, he eyes Shen Qizhao warily. She speaks slowly. "You don't need to look at me like that. If I'd wanted to kill you, you wouldn't have woken up."

"Who are you?"

"Who I am doesn't matter. But I know you're an important person from the palace. You know you're supposed to repay a kindness, don't you?"

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Shen Qizhao has never believed that her mother died by accident. She has been searching for the truth, but knows she can't get anywhere with her current status. Now heaven has sent her a wealthy and powerful man. Why not make use of him?

While recovering at the villa, Xiao Jingyu witnesses Shen Qizhao's abilities and agrees to help her.

The court is a place of unfathomable schemes. What you see is not always real, and what you hear is not always false. A vast mystery is gradually unraveled. Good people aren't always good, and bad people aren't always bad. When the truth finally emerges, it nearly costs Shen Qizhao her life...

In the end, Shen Qizhao not only avenges her mother, but also becomes the first empress since the founding of the dynasty to preside over the Imperial Observatory, bringing honor to the realm.

[Bonus scene]

Xiao Jingyu takes Shen Qizhao's hand in front of everyone. "The empress was tired from stargazing last night, so I'll read today's fortune in her place."

"What does it say?"

"Great fortune." He leans close and whispers, "After all, my empress is my lucky star."

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The Seventh Reunion

[Six silent brushes with one another in a past life bring them together in this one. The seventh meeting is both the finale and the beginning.]

Ruan Qingxu worked in the public sector, but chose to resign at twenty-seven. It's an awkward age, neither here nor there...

She once saw a colleague resign, and another colleague ask, "Why leave? If you stayed, you could work here for the rest of your life, with a respectable job and a steady income. Maybe you'd even find a good relationship."

Now Ruan Qingxu wants to answer that colleague: "If I don't leave, one day I'll jump from the office building."

Later, she went to Shangri-La for a three-month stay and met a "prince of the antelopes."

Those three months in Shangri-La were more relaxed and carefree than any time in Ruan Qingxu's first twenty-seven years. No one knew her, and she no longer had to worry about how others felt.

Everything that should and shouldn't have happened between her and the "prince of the antelopes" happened... But she knew she didn't belong there. Instead of leaving without a word, she had an honest heart-to-heart with him.

Later, she returned to Haicheng. A former business contact learned she'd resigned and sincerely invited her to work together. There, she unexpectedly met the "prince of the antelopes" again.

Only then did she learn that the so-called "prince of the antelopes," Lu Zeheng, was actually the executive director of Haicheng's leading technology company. He had gone to Shangri-La to work with the local tourism bureau, and what was supposed to be a one-month trip had stretched into three...

Fate cannot be resisted.

Love points you toward where you belong.

You are my beginning and my end. Now that we've started, I won't let go. --Lu Zeheng

Completed!

Talent manager × voice actor

I was the one who pushed you into the spotlight, but I never thought I'd stand by your side.

1.

Su Mumian is Li Shuxun's sole manager and the person who understands him best, yet she's also the one person who least wants to "have" him.

She plans his future and shields him from storms, for no other reason than that she wants to.

She knows better than anyone: the stars of the Milky Way are best admired from afar.

During a holiday by the sea in Linyu, she helps an elderly man get in touch with his family.

When the call connects, the voice she knows best comes through: "Hello?"

Su Mumian never imagined that Li Shuxun would be on the other end of the phone!

The safe distance between them is shattered.

Their peaceful routine comes to an abrupt end.

For the first time, he truly "sees" her.

He sees her thoughtful kindness, and her deliberate distance.

She helps him, respects him, and stays by his side, but never crosses the line.

She wants him to shine brightly, and to always feel at ease whenever she's around.

As for anything else? She doesn't want it.

Nor could she have it.

But for the first time, Li Shuxun wants to ask:

"Why do you arrange everything so carefully, but never include yourself?"

2. Unwilling to be controlled by other investors, Li Shuxun and his friends start a new studio. Of course, Su Mumian chooses without hesitation to stand by Li Shuxun.

At this point, Li Shuxun doesn't know that Su Mumian has feelings for him. He just sees her as a capable, conscientious employee.

As they work together more and more, Li Shuxun finds his eyes drifting toward Su Mumian without him even noticing.

Her secret love finally comes to light.

"Mumu, you finally chose to hang yourself on this tree! Worth it!" --Shen Zhiyao

Those were the first words Su Mumian's best friend said when she found out the two were dating.

"She is the cool-headed strategist behind his career, and the gentlest stranger in his life."

"Until the day he finally reached out to hold on to that passing breeze."

A secret crush come true, told from the heroine's perspective.

The hero once thought he liked another girl, but later realized it wasn't love. He has never been involved with anyone but the heroine.

Note: All jobs and work-related details in this story are fictional and aren't meant to correspond to real life.

Theme: Even under the hand of fate, you can turn things around against the odds