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Chinese Ongoing
Broken Spear
Original title: 折戟
Genres
Drama
Historical
Romance
Tags
Revenge
Palace Intrigue
Reborn
Love-Hate Relationship
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Actively translated by Shanghai Fantasy
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Tang Jiayu once thought she was everyone's darling.
Every person who entered her life seemed to love her.
It wasn't until she died for no apparent reason in a military coup that she discovered the truth:
She was the late emperor's princess.
The parents, maids, and even the man she loved in the Tang household had all been disguised agents working for a powerful minister.
What she had believed was a sweet, pampered everyday life had actually been nothing more than their mission.
Tang Jiayu is reborn at fifteen.
This is the year the Tang family is throwing her a lavish coming-of-age ceremony, with distinguished guests filling the house.
Her father announces that he is willing to spend the family's entire fortune to find her the perfect husband. Whoever catches her eye, whatever young man she chooses, he will make sure she gets her wish.
Tang Jiayu merely laughs coldly to herself.
Then her eyes shift.
She ignores her childhood sweetheart of a cousin and the moon-bright man she once adored from afar, and instead points toward a young man standing at the very edge of the crowd—a poor nobody who, at first glance, seems to possess nothing but a handsome face.
The entire family exchanges bewildered looks and urges her to think carefully.
Tang Jiayu, however, is utterly determined.
She would rather sever ties with her family than give up on marrying him.
They assume she has no idea who the young man really is, that she has simply fallen for a pretty face.
But Tang Jiayu knows better than anyone.
When she died amid the chaos of rebel soldiers in her previous life, she had seen him arrive in black robes on a white horse.
With a single arrow, he had subdued the rebels.
He would go on to make a name for himself in a future battle, be hailed by the entire army as a young lord of extraordinary promise, and become the only son of the military governor of Hedong.
Li Zhaoji.
If they intended to use her to seize the empire, then she wanted to see just how much they were willing to sacrifice.
Perhaps they could let their young lord accompany her in this little performance.
·
Li Zhaoji had always looked down on his father's plan.
The realm should be conquered from horseback by the sword.
Why rely on some lifeless object to help him?
Until one day, he was forced to accept a special mission.
Pretend to be a poor young man.
Marry into the household of that troublesome, fussy, melodramatic former imperial princess.
And pretend to love her very much.
Naturally, it was all fake.
Except in the end—
He was the one who willingly let his spear break.
The one who surrendered without a fight.
Tang Jiayu once thought she was everyone's darling.
Every person who entered her life seemed to love her.
It wasn't until she died for no apparent reason in a military coup that she discovered the truth:
She was the late emperor's princess.
The parents, maids, and even the man she loved in the Tang household had all been disguised agents working for a powerful minister.
What she had believed was a sweet, pampered everyday life had actually been nothing more than their mission.
Tang Jiayu is reborn at fifteen.
This is the year the Tang family is throwing her a lavish coming-of-age ceremony, with distinguished guests filling the house.
Her father announces that he is willing to spend the family's entire fortune to find her the perfect husband. Whoever catches her eye, whatever young man she chooses, he will make sure she gets her wish.
Tang Jiayu merely laughs coldly to herself.
Then her eyes shift.
She ignores her childhood sweetheart of a cousin and the moon-bright man she once adored from afar, and instead points toward a young man standing at the very edge of the crowd—a poor nobody who, at first glance, seems to possess nothing but a handsome face.
The entire family exchanges bewildered looks and urges her to think carefully.
Tang Jiayu, however, is utterly determined.
She would rather sever ties with her family than give up on marrying him.
They assume she has no idea who the young man really is, that she has simply fallen for a pretty face.
But Tang Jiayu knows better than anyone.
When she died amid the chaos of rebel soldiers in her previous life, she had seen him arrive in black robes on a white horse.
With a single arrow, he had subdued the rebels.
He would go on to make a name for himself in a future battle, be hailed by the entire army as a young lord of extraordinary promise, and become the only son of the military governor of Hedong.
Li Zhaoji.
If they intended to use her to seize the empire, then she wanted to see just how much they were willing to sacrifice.
Perhaps they could let their young lord accompany her in this little performance.
·
Li Zhaoji had always looked down on his father's plan.
The realm should be conquered from horseback by the sword.
Why rely on some lifeless object to help him?
Until one day, he was forced to accept a special mission.
Pretend to be a poor young man.
Marry into the household of that troublesome, fussy, melodramatic former imperial princess.
And pretend to love her very much.
Naturally, it was all fake.
Except in the end—
He was the one who willingly let his spear break.
The one who surrendered without a fight.
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