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The Crowned Cat and The Fallen Prince

That night, long ago, as the rain soaked the ground, he should have turned away instead of foolishly waiting for her! Oh, why did he have to stubbornly wait for her? Their life was now drenched in the colours of both love and blood. That ill-fated night, he kissed her, whereas she thrust the dagger into his chest, clenching tightly the icy white jade hilt and pushing. As Shufeng watch his blood spilling, he was still more bewildered than angered. How could he possibly bear it: killed by the woman he loved? Untold confusion and fear filled his eyes when he simply asked: “Why?" She wanted Shufeng’s brother as the future emperor, and revenge for the death of her family. Crestfallen and heartbroken upon finding out she had been deceived, Emika is willing to sacrifice everything–even at the risk of loosing her human form forever–to find him, be with him and seek forgiveness. A tale packed with sword fights, lies and betrayal, lost love and redemption, court intrigue, crossing world, stolen memories and; a story of a prince fighting back to claim the throne, and a woman changing into a cat.

LaLouette · Fantasy
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169 Chs

The Day Emperor Akishino Died - Part 18: The solitary orchid

Every muscle went rigid and his mouth was bone dry. Drawing his brows closer, his thoughts bounced around his skull and he scrambled to understand why his gift, a love token, was now in Taizong's hands. 

His eyes rested fixedly on the poem which he had inscribed on the beautiful painted landscape.

'Like yearning bamboo 

Hidden in the grassy fields,

I longed in secret.

But the truth of my passion

Must show in this face

As I grant your wish.'

Shufeng recalled with tender feelings Emika saying with a coquettish and childish pout that she wished she could one day admire the beautiful Solitary Orchid for real, not just in his paintings.

And so, he rode under the wind-blasts for half a day and more, until the moonlight had disappeared, when he at last reached the marshlands.