Tian Wu - Memories of the Lost Imperial Capital

Author: Du Ru
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: This novel tells a tragic story of love, power struggles, and fate. The story unfolds in a mystical world recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, where Zisheng, a character is Gun, who stole the Xiran soil from the heavens at the cost of his life to save all living beings, is both the father of the great Yu and a Chinese Prometheus; Zhen Hui, though lacking a prototype, becomes entangled in a complicated love affair with these two men who were written into history.
At the age of fifteen, I was escorted from the Eastern Mansion to the Imperial Capital, identified as the wife of the traitor Zhen Chun. In my memories, the spring in the Eastern Mansion was always damp. The day I left, it drizzled lightly. The leaves of the mountain lotus by the mansion gate glistened under the rain, contrasting with the deep red flowers, and I seemed to suddenly realize how stunningly beautiful they were. I thought perhaps it was because I was about to leave that the Eastern Mansion appeared more beautiful than usual to me. This made me feel a bit surprised. I had assumed I had no attachment to the Eastern Mansion, though I was born and raised there. From a very young age, I knew that one day I would leave the Eastern Mansion. It wasn’t because of any prophetic ability, but simply because I was the daughter of the Eastern Emperor, so when I grew up, I would be married to some nobleman’s family, just like the other girls in the Zhen family.