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Blush of Hibiscus in Spring

share time: 2026-01-10 00:36:17

Su Furong, the top actress of a Jiangnan opera troupe, rose to fame in Jinling with her performance of *The Peony Pavilion*. One night, while filling in for a last-minute show, she stumbled into the arms of Gu Zhaoting, a young marshal on an official trip to Jiangnan. They fell in love at first sight, but Gu’s family elders despised her as a “lowly actress,” and his fiancée framed her for “seducing a military officer.” To protect Gu’s future, Furong chose to step back, but Gu pressed a gun to his chest, crying, “I can’t live without you.” On the rainy night of their elopement, Gu was knocked unconscious and taken away by his father’s men. When he woke up, wedding drums echoed through the capital—while Furong, clutching the jade hairpin Gu gave her, waited for him at the Qinhuai River pier for three long days and nights…

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