[This is the tragic story of a cold and ruthless lord who is arrogant by nature, yet gets worn down into a devoted husband! Strong male and female leads, one-on-one romance, and plenty of affection!]
*The male lead*
Rumor has it that the Floating Island is a forbidden land in the Three Realms and Nine Provinces, a place that fills everyone with dread.
Rumor has it that the island's ruler, the Lord of Mountains and Rivers, is vicious, bloodthirsty, cold, and merciless.
*The female lead*
They say that before becoming famous, Cang Sheng of Redleaf Lake was born in a marquis's household and raised by a farming family. Born with red eyes and as a girl, she was abandoned by her status-conscious birth mother as soon as she came into the world.
They say that Cang Sheng refused to bow to fate, joined a Buddhist sect, mastered spiritual medicine, foresaw the future and knew the moment of death, vanquished evil, and saved the people. In the end, she became the supreme ruler of the Nine Provinces!
“She's the perfect example of an inspiring life!” Amid a crowd of excited onlookers, a dignified, elegant woman is filled with regret. “If only I had known she would achieve so much, I never should have... Ah, it's too late to say anything now!”*********
Scene one:
Servant A, looking gossip-hungry: “Hey, I heard our lord has a woman he likes!”
Servant B, looking horrified: “Who? Who, who? Who did you say has a woman he likes? The Lord? You must have heard wrong!”
Servant C, looking scornful: “He definitely heard wrong! Last time, the most beautiful woman in the land offered herself to our lord, and he had her face flayed and tossed her into the pleasure house.”
Servant D, looking troubled: “And the time before that, that beauty from the Kingdom of Li who played the zither so beautifully tried to take advantage of our lord while offering him a toast. All she did was touch his hand, and he had her hands and feet cut off and threw her into a beggars' temple. And before that... His crimes are too many to list. If this keeps up, I'm worried he'll only like men and not women.”
Servant A immediately grabs the others. “Come back, come back! Who said the lord likes men? He clearly likes Miss Cang Sheng. He even secretly makes her a loving breakfast!”
The servants immediately crowd around with questions. “Who's Miss Cang Sheng?” “Is she prettier than the most beautiful woman in the land?” “Does she play the zither better than the beauty from the Kingdom of Li?” “Is her dancing better than Miss Nishang's?”
Servant A, looking mysterious: “Miss Cang Sheng is amazing. Have you heard the saying, ‘The sea grows still, the sheng and xiao fall silent, and the mountains and rivers of the Nine Provinces turn upside down’?”
The servants nod eagerly. “Of course! Cang Sheng of the Nine Provinces. We hear the Lord Cang Sheng, who commands the chessboard of the Nine Provinces, can decide life and death and foresee the future. She's the guardian of the human realm across the Nine Provinces. Not only is she as beautiful as a flower, she's kindhearted and clever, and she's a master of medicine, divination, mystical arts, and the eight trigrams. They say so many people have gone to propose to her that they've worn down her doorstep.”
Hearing all this praise, the lord angrily sweeps his sleeve. “What a load of crap! How is that woman kindhearted? She's a venomous snake! We agreed to watch the moon together, and she stood me up, leaving me waiting like a fool all night. Hmph!”
The absent Cang Sheng is lounging comfortably on a couch, wrapped in thick winter clothes and sipping a steaming bowl of warming soup. Satisfied, she says, “You'd have to be an idiot to watch the moon in the middle of winter.”
Scene two:
“Reporting to the lord: Our scout says a man is proposing to Miss Cang Sheng.”
The lord has just been driven back to his parents' home by an ungrateful woman, and his heart is full of resentment. “Hmph! It's raining, and someone else wants to propose. What does that have to do with me?”
“But... my lord, it seems Miss Cang Sheng has accepted.”
The lord leaps to his feet and slams his hand on the table in a fury. “Who is it? Who dares steal my wife? I'll wipe out his entire family!”
This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental!
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