Synopsis
She was taken and forced into marriage by her own imperial elder brother. On her wedding day, Princess Rouzhen — the youngest daughter of the emperor, always gentle, always the most favored — refused to go through with it. She ran from the ceremony in front of everyone, then vanished somewhere inside the palace walls. Word of it reached the Eastern Palace. The Crown Prince Jiang Yao, who had been ill and shut away for a long time, was sitting by the window. He heard the commotion. He turned a page. That night, fine rain came down in threads, cicadas…
