Fate had its very own way of making things develop according to what should be. This trial, measured in the time of the Nine Heavens, had been meant to be a short three-month trip at most but it didn’t develop quite as intended. In the end, the trial took three whole years and none of …

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When Jing He returned to his palace, he greeted Huang Lan and Mu Kun as usual and then stepped inside. Rounding the screen behind the door, he found the palace to be empty. Jing He blinked his eyes and looked around but nothing could be seen of Qiu Ling. Had he … left? Jing He …

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When it came to bidding farewell to his father, Jing He was a lot more reluctant. What his mother had said about his father trying to keep him there … he indeed worried about that. There definitely was a possibility for that to happen. But no matter what, he couldn’t leave for his trial without …

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Jing He still felt self-conscious about what had happened before but he was too embarrassed to bring it up as well so he could only stand in front of Qiu Ling silently, not sure how to continue. Qiu Ling looked at him for a moment and finally lowered his head with a smile. “Well, I …

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Qiu Ling almost fell off the edge of the bed. It wasn’t that he was an idiot who wasn’t aware that his lover was currently naked over there but … he had tried not to think about that until now. Suddenly being reminded of it … that was too much of a foul! He hurriedly …

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While Jing He’s thoughts drifted to the future that might soon await him, imagining how the details of his married life with Qiu Ling might look, the man of his dreams was also thinking wildly. Anyway, how could he not? He had spent the night in his beloved’s palace, seen the love of his life …

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When Jing He woke up the next morning, he found himself wrapped in Qiu Ling’s arms, his lover intently staring at his face. His eyes widened and he almost pulled back, startled at being so close. This was the first time he had spent a whole night in Qiu Ling’s arms and woke up next …

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Qiu Ling leaned closer and kissed him again, the anxiety in his heart lessening slightly. As their lips met, Jing He quietly repeated those words to himself and silently added to the promise in his mind: Let’s be together and never separate. Whether it’s in this life or the next. I will always … only …

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Qiu Ling thought back to that evening, his gaze softening. Yes, Jing He’s voice had a quality to it that had always spoken to him. It was … soothing, just right to recite a poem or tell a story or … His gaze flickered as he thought to this point. Suddenly, he couldn’t help but …

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At the same time, he couldn’t help but think that his expectations actually weren’t that high. It was his luck that Qiu Ling was willing to put so much effort in for him but it wasn’t something he should or would expected. “You don’t have to take the trouble to do so much.” He couldn’t …

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