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It rained continuously for three days in late spring. Under the old willow tree at Canglan Ferry, ranger Shen Canglan finally waited for the girl Su Rou he had been waiting for three years. Three years ago, he walked away from the border with his sword, vowing to earn a bright future and marry her; three years later, he came back with scars all over his body, empty luggage, and only one obsession that remained unchanged. The jasmine in the ferry tea house is still fragrant, and Su Rou's smile is still gentle. There is no glory of success, only the togetherness that has accumulated over the years. In the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, two ordinary people guarded a small tea room, and their waiting turned into a long-lasting love.

The final chapter of the "Little Crown Princess and the Elderly King" series focuses on the complete journey of Su Weiwan, who was once a childish "substitute princess", from the mistress of the East Palace to a queen in charge of the harem who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the emperor after the new emperor Xiao Jamyan ascended the throne. In the past, when she first entered the East Palace, she didn't even remember the etiquette and had to rely on the prince to save her. Faced with the palace's plot, she could only silently bury the evidence of injustice. But at this moment, Su Weiwan, with the Phoenix Seal in hand, was completely different - she used thunderous means to regulate the chaos in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and prevent the forces of the previous dynasty from interfering in government affairs through the harem; relying on the insights accumulated in her early years with the prince's secret visits, she put forward the initiative of "reducing the use of the harem and helping people's livelihood" in the years of disaster, which not only stabilized people's hearts and demonstrated the benevolence of the emperor; when foreign envoys provoked provocations, she calmly explained the dynasty's position to them, showing the style of a queen of a great power. In Jamel Xiao's eyes, she was no longer the little girl who needed to be protected behind her. He would secretly send her her favorite Jiangnan rouge after she handled the harem affairs; he would make a special detour to Fengyi Palace to share a cup of sweet soup with her during the court proceedings; when the courtiers secretly complained about "women intervening in politics", he would bluntly say in public that "the queen's wisdom is my assistant and the country's blessing." From timidly bowing her head when they first met at the age of ten, to now being able to stand side by side in the palace with him who ascended the throne at the age of twenty and watch the prosperous times together, Su Weiwan's growth is the tempering within the palace walls, and it is a testimony of the two-way journey. In the end, amid the glory of the canonization ceremony and the congratulations of hundreds of officials, the little princess who once remembered the sweet-scented osmanthus cakes at home truly grew into a queen who matched the emperor and was respected by all the people. She guarded the peace of the harem with wisdom and tenderness, and continued to write the legend of "sharing the warmth of the rest of her life" with the new emperor.

In the winter of the third year of Tianshou, on a snowy night in Chang'an, Shen Qingci, the commander of the prince's personal guard battalion, was seriously injured. He had a secret edict that could clear up the prince's grievances, and was accused of "treason" and was pursued all the way. When he was desperate, he collapsed in front of a grocery store in Qingxi Town and was rescued by the store owner Lin Suwan. The pursuers broke through the door. At the critical moment, Su Muyan, the leader of Tingyuxuan, unexpectedly appeared to rescue the siege. One is a prisoner of the imperial court who is carrying a bloody grievance, the other is an ordinary woman who just wants to live a stable life, and the other is a hidden Jianghu guest. The three of them got entangled because of a brocade box and were forced into the whirlpool of the court and the world. With murderous intent lurking on the road ahead and relentless pursuit behind them, can they protect the secret edict and clear the crown prince's innocence? The moonlight in Chang'an is still cold, and when the Guiren sword is unsheathed, it is the day when the situation changes.

With an imperial edict, Shen Weiyue entered the East Palace at the age of nine and became the most special presence around Prince Li Chengyu. He was her prince brother, teaching her how to read and write, and helping her resolve her mother's scoldings; she was his little follower, secretly causing trouble when he was grinding ink, and serving warm tea after practicing his sword. I thought it was a pleasant time for childhood sweethearts, but I didn't know that there was already an undercurrent inside the deep walls of the East Palace. The third prince pressed forward step by step, and the court faction's overt and covert attacks brought the two of them into trouble. Shen Weiyue lost her childishness and used her weak body to take care of his rear and collect evidence; Li Chengyu protected her and promised her a stable life. From the peach blossoms in the East Palace to the moonlight in the Forbidden City, she accompanied him to grow from a prince to a generation of emperors, and he guarded her from an ignorant concubine to a close confidant. This is a chronicle of growth and protection in the East Palace.