Through the Ages, I Long for Your Glance

He was a stern prince of the Celestial Dynasty, long accustomed to living in the outskirts and staying out of court affairs.

She was an innocent young woman from the valley of Mianshan, inexperienced in the ways of the world and unaware of the dangers of the martial world.

Their love was buried beneath the merciless passage of time, and they could no longer find their way back to that first stirring of affection.

Nan Ge painstakingly spun a web to catch the delectable Le Jin, but in the end, it all came to nothing.

Nan Ge had always thought the bait was the problem, never realizing that the quality of the water the fish lived in mattered just as much.

Nan Ge: Can you stop being so willful?

Le Jin: It's none of your business.

Nan Ge: You're mine. How can it not be my business?

Le Jin: Your Highness, let me go.

Nan Ge had never imagined that one day the person he loved would actually ask to leave. Their five-year marriage agreement had been made as a temporary measure, but he had to admit that he had treated her with the utmost tenderness and care throughout those five years. Why was she still so determined to leave?

Nan Ge: Why?

Le Jin: A melon forced off the vine won't be sweet.

Nan Ge: It doesn't taste sour when I bite into it.

Le Jin: I think it's bitter.

Nan Ge: Do you like someone else?

Le Jin hesitated for a long moment, then told the first lie of her life: "Yes, I like Qi Feng."

Nan Ge clenched his fists and ground out, "Guards, pack Miss Cen's things and send her, along with them, to the Duke of Qi's residence!"