The Return of the Long-Dead Princess

Synopsis: Xiao Lingzhang was the most honored legitimate princess, and she fell in love with Pei Ling at a young age. Pei Ling, a Secretariat Drafter, came from humble origins. Upright and unyielding in character, he was a young lone minister renowned throughout the realm. In her youth, Xiao Lingzhang loved to chase ardently after him—from the bloom of maidenhood to the grace of young womanhood—hoping that the young man would one day turn back to look at her. Until later, when all of Xiao Lingzhang’s siblings died tragic deaths in the struggle for the throne. She had no choice but to learn self-preservation amidst the power struggles, forcing herself to suppress her youthful affections, scheming and calculating, advancing step by step with careful strategy. But she never imagined that one day, she would lose to her most despised cousin. And the very man who helped her cousin ascend the throne was none other than Pei Ling, the one she admired most. Xiao Lingzhang lost completely. Not only did she lose power, but she also lost herself. — Before her father the Emperor passed away, he decreed that she be betrothed to Pei Ling. On their wedding night, Xiao Lingzhang still harbored a trace of her youthful feelings for Pei Ling, but she also knew that Pei Ling held no affection for her whatsoever. She was merely his war trophy for helping the new emperor ascend the throne—an ornament for his future meteoric rise. On the third day of their marriage. The princess’s carriage accidentally plunged off a cliff. From then on, the jade perished and the fragrance faded. The world no longer knew the bold and unrestrained Huayang Princess. – Nan Rao was an orphan girl. After falling off a cliff, she was severely injured and lost her memory. She was saved by a young general, and as feelings grew over time, she married him. She was gentle in temperament, kind and perceptive, living a blissfully sweet life with her husband. But good times did not last long—her husband was framed by treacherous men. She resolutely traveled to the capital and beat the drum to cry out for justice. That day, the Grand Chancellor of the realm—who had lost his wife years ago and now held power that overshadowed all—happened to pass by the Court of Judicial Review. He caught sight of the beautiful woman beating the petition drum. — She was the beloved he had married in his youth. His princess, lost and found again. – Young General Duan saved an orphan girl. He named her “Nan Rao,” carefully tending to her frail body, making kites for her with his own hands, and taking her horseback riding through the spring fields. She too had cooked for him with her own hands and mended his clothes for him. As husband and wife, they supported each other, bound together in life and death. Later, he was framed on the battlefield, yet he turned the tide of battle, fighting his way back through a mountain of blades and a sea of blood, becoming a general who was enfeoffed as a marquis at a young age and whose name shook the court. On the day he returned to the capital. He sat high atop his horse and saw the noble and graceful princess inside the carriage. Silently, he clenched his knuckles. “She is not someone else’s wife. She is clearly my Duan Xun’s lady.” Content Tags: Court Nobility, Devoted Love, Rising from Adversity, Amnesia, Love Pursuit, Crematorium, Power Schemes — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Return of the Long-Dead Princess — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠