Dernière sortie
Echoes of Bygone Companions
In late autumn, the bamboo grove my father planted the year I was born is still wrapped in emerald. By now it has grown tall and vigorous, and the bamboo shadows that fall through its layered leaves are like a green shade he has woven for me-one that will never fade. My name is Xiao Zhu. I am the only daughter of Prince Lingxiao. Legend says that whoever possesses the Nine-Star Pearl will gain the power to rule.
All vied for it, even turning their blades on one another, until countless common folk were driven from their homes. A group of aspiring youths from prominent noble families converged, set on guarding the peace of the city and quelling the unrest. Yet when love and hatred became entangled, how could these youths stay untroubled?There was Bai Ling, my father's guard-White Plume-who grew up by my side, whom I have loved in secret for years.
There was Chu Nanyi, a young general who keeps one softest corner in his heart. Lin Yingnan, the beauty of Guanghan Palace. Luo Yan, a guqin master who shuns all worldly strife. The Emperor's most beloved princess, Bai Wanfeng. The Crown Prince, Gu Xun. Each of us was innocent. Each of us, in the end, had no choice but to grow up overnight, and to pay the price for what we had done. The death of Prince Lingxiao.
The destruction of the Nine-Star Pearl. Whose revenge was it, in the end?This is the story of a Nine-Star Pearl that broke the world. Of young people who were once innocent, and the friendships that survived a war they did not ask for. And of a love that was cut short before it could be spoken. Back then, young, in thin spring robes, we rode and leaned by the slanting bridge, while all the tower's red sleeves beckoned.
Now the old friends are hard to call to mind; at dusk a cool wind rises, and desolation carries the heart far away. Once the dust has wholly settled-where, then, is one to go?
All vied for it, even turning their blades on one another, until countless common folk were driven from their homes. A group of aspiring youths from prominent noble families converged, set on guarding the peace of the city and quelling the unrest. Yet when love and hatred became entangled, how could these youths stay untroubled?There was Bai Ling, my father's guard-White Plume-who grew up by my side, whom I have loved in secret for years.
There was Chu Nanyi, a young general who keeps one softest corner in his heart. Lin Yingnan, the beauty of Guanghan Palace. Luo Yan, a guqin master who shuns all worldly strife. The Emperor's most beloved princess, Bai Wanfeng. The Crown Prince, Gu Xun. Each of us was innocent. Each of us, in the end, had no choice but to grow up overnight, and to pay the price for what we had done. The death of Prince Lingxiao.
The destruction of the Nine-Star Pearl. Whose revenge was it, in the end?This is the story of a Nine-Star Pearl that broke the world. Of young people who were once innocent, and the friendships that survived a war they did not ask for. And of a love that was cut short before it could be spoken. Back then, young, in thin spring robes, we rode and leaned by the slanting bridge, while all the tower's red sleeves beckoned.
Now the old friends are hard to call to mind; at dusk a cool wind rises, and desolation carries the heart far away. Once the dust has wholly settled-where, then, is one to go?
