Ode to Flying Flowers
The story tells the romance between the talented scholar Chang Gu and the beautiful Duan Rongju. Since childhood, they were betrothed through a pair of jade-carved 'paired fish' tokens. After their families suffered successive misfortunes, they lost contact and endured many hardships separately. In the end, they overcame all obstacles and were reunited in marriage.
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Chapter One: Wise Parents Join Talent with Beauty in Marriage; A Clever Child Stirs Both Temperament and Feeling
June 2026.3K2.Chapter Two: Chang the Licentiate Is Banished to the Border on Account of His Ancestral Registry; Madam Du Follows Her Husband Beyond the Frontier
June 2026.2K3.Chapter Three: Husband and Wife Face Peril and Steel Their Hearts to Part with Their Child; Kinsmen Seek Pleasure but Suddenly Fall Prey to a Villain Who Seizes a Young Girl
June 2029.1K4.Chapter Four: The Greater the Bandit's Cunning, the More Clumsy His Schemes; The Younger the Girl's Verse, the More Wondrous Her Words
June 2032.3K5.Chapter Five: The Scholar-Soldier Devises a Clever Stratagem and Wins His Hour — Young Hearts Exchange Verses and Kindle a Secret Flame
June 2028.4K6.Chapter 6: Pledging Their Troth Beneath the Flowers, Speaking of Feeling and Duty — Meeting Evil and Finding Grace, an Adoption Along the Road
June 2026.9K7.Chapter Seven: Tang Xiyao Endures Hardship as His Wicked Nephew Grinds Him Down; Chang Tianyou Unknowingly Rescues a Kinsman in Distress
June 2025.0K8.Chapter 8: Miss Chang, Longing as a Woman, Sorrowfully Sings One Tune; Young Master Duan, Longing as a Man, Weeps Bitterly for a Long While
June 2025.8K9.Chapter Nine: A Talented Daughter of the Boudoir Writes a True Birthday Ode in Her Father's Stead; A Mediocre Teacher Behind the Crimson Curtain Compiles Fake Homework for a Foolish Pupil
June 2028.1K10.Chapter Ten: Duanlang Reads the Gazette and Is Shaken by News of Exile — Changnü Reviews the Essays and Detects Plagiarism with Uncanny Discernment
June 2025.1K11.Chapter 11: A Poem Written in Secret Grief Is Lost and Reveals Hidden Feeling; A Marriage Proposal Is Sent and When Heard of, Strikes Like a Death Blow
June 2026.5K12.Chapter Twelve: Miss Chang Bears Bitterness in Her Heart and Embraces Death for Honor; Commander-General Zhou Devises a Scheme to Transplant the Flower
June 2029.7K13.Chapter Thirteen: Tang Xiyao Is Harmed by His Nephew and Wanders Far from Home; Chang Tianyou, Aided by a Friend, Returns to His Native Place in Glory
June 2032.3K14.Chapter Fourteen: The Proud Old Magistrate Retires in a Single Morning; The Young Second-Place Graduate Triumphs Three Times Over
June 2029.2K15.Chapter 15: The Banished Censor Longs for His Sovereign from the Distant Frontier — He Who Changed His Surname Does Not Forget the Old Hall and Insists on Being Recognised
June 2028.7K16.Chapter 16: The Poet of Flying Blossoms — Husband and Wife Reunite in Brief;
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