Tigers Sniff the Rose

Original Title: 尚公主

Author: Yi Ren Kui Kui
Raw Link: Shang Gong Zhu

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Synopsis:

One day, while compiling the national histories, the discussion turned to how Princess Danyang and her Prince Consort – now the current Grand Chancellor Yan Shang – first began their story. The court historian sought clarification from the Princess’s residence. The Princess gave a cold laugh: “Between him and me, at first, it was merely a relationship of ‘the lower class offending their superior’ and ‘the superior class looking down on their inferior.'”

The Grand Chancellor smiled gently: “That needn’t be recorded in the national histories.”

The Grand Chancellor then reminisced: “At first…”

At first, after Princess Danyang’s previous husband passed away in the evening years, she traveled to Lingnan to heal her heart, staying as a guest in a local gentry’s home. On a night of endless rain, when raindrops fell like silk threads, the Princess was awakened by the sound of someone studying.

She lifted her bed curtain and saw a handsome young man reading diligently by the window. Through the misty rain, the youth’s eyebrows were as vast as distant mountains. The Princess found herself transfixed. She fanned herself while leaning behind his ear to advise him: “Merely memorizing without understanding the text’s principles and flow, lacking in both power and fluency; with no authority or influence at home, yet you don’t seek connections. Studying like this, even in ten years, you won’t pass the imperial examinations.”

As rain pattered down, the young man looked up. Though his face reddened under her gaze, he was relieved to see that this princess could act like a normal person. Benefiting from the Princess’s guidance, years later, the young man entered the imperial court. He went on to marry the Princess, become Grand Chancellor, and stand unrivaled in the realm.