After I Broke Things Off, The Eldest Princess Regretted It

Synopsis: 

Straightforward, stubborn younger female general top × obsessive, lonely older Eldest Princess bottom

On the day Shen Zhao’s soul transmigrated, she fell beneath a mountain cliff and encountered Zhao Yunshang, the Eldest Princess of Great Chu.

The other woman carried the scent of plum blossoms, a fragrance that even the fierce wind could not disperse—cool, pure, and intoxicating. That night, beneath the glow of a lantern, there was dried grass clutched tightly in hand and passion devoid of affection beneath a cloak.

After spending a night making love, Shen Zhao was captured and taken back to the Eldest Princess’s residence for interrogation.

Thus began a tangled period of being captured by the Eldest Princess, escaping, and then being captured all over again.

That night, dressed in red, Zhao Yunshang drew her beneath the crimson gauze curtains—not to cure the poison, but purely out of desire.
Zhao: “Are you still going to run?”
Shen: “Never again. With warm curtains and lovebirds sharing a bed from now on, only a fool would run.”

Shen Zhao believed they were each other’s one and only, only to discover that Zhao Yunshang had a fiancée named Xiao Yang, a woman who had disguised herself as a man and died in battle. A memorial tablet for her was enshrined in the residence.

Although Xiao Yang was dead, it felt as though she had never truly died. Shen Zhao could not bear it and once tried to leave, but after the Eldest Princess coaxed her with a few gentle words, her heart softened again.

It was not until the anniversary of Xiao Yang’s death that she finally saw Zhao Yunshang’s heart clearly.

Although Zhao Yunshang had promised that Shen Zhao would be the only person to ever share her bed, she had given the title of Prince Consort to the deceased Xiao Yang. It seemed that no matter how much the living person did, she could never compare to the one who had died.

Shen Zhao’s heart finally died completely. She left behind a letter severing their relationship. She would join the army, complete the mission entrusted to her by the Spirit Stone Jade Cicada, and transmigrate back to her original world.

By then, they would exist in two separate worlds and never meet again. Zhao Yunshang would never be able to capture her again.

She only wondered whether, someday in the future, Zhao Yunshang might suddenly see someone outside her window and mistake that person for her. But perhaps Zhao Yunshang would have forgotten her long before then.

What she did not know was that after their relationship ended and Zhao Yunshang completely lost all news of her, the Eldest Princess became utterly distraught and could not sleep through the night. The moment she received word of Shen Zhao, she drove her carriage a thousand miles in pursuit.

Zhao: “Come back. You and I will proclaim our vows before Heaven, Earth, and the ancestral temple, then bow to each other and marry.”
Shen: “Isn’t General Xiao the Prince Consort in Your Highness’s heart? Why bother seeking me out instead?”
Zhao: “I have resolved to let go of the past. What must I do for you to believe me?”
Shen Zhao turned her back, her voice echoing through the empty valley: “Unless Xiao Yang comes back to life.”

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One-sentence summary: Young sir, the Eldest Princess is coming to capture you!

Theme: Reject dependence and grow together.