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Encounter on the Long Street

share time: 2026-02-23 12:35:15

Su Wan, an orphan selling medicine on the long street, rescued a bloodied "down-and-out scholar" Gu Zhao on a rainy night. For half a year, they relied on each other—she taught him to make medicine and keep accounts, he shielded her from drunkards and stall thieves. They thought this warm life would go on, until a palace carriage crashed through their bamboo door—Gu Zhao was actually the crown prince who had been missing for three years and nearly assassinated. Su Wan clutched the jade hairpin he left and tried to leave quietly, but he stopped her at the palace gate, eyes red: "When I searched the entire capital for you, I never intended to let you go again." To her surprise, the embroidered handkerchief left by her late mother hid the late emperor’s handwritten edict: "Daughter of the Protectorate General." Her family was framed for treason a decade ago. When she decided to clear their name, he helped her comb through all archives; when she feared court dangers, he placed the queen’s seal in her hand: "The country is my duty, but you are my life." From the warmth of common life to the intrigue of the palace, they guard each other—and their shared kingdom.

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