Stories in poetry

A Heart Within a Spring Robe

Ku Wuji · AI Writing · Romance in an Imagined Ancient World · Complete · 1 chapter · 0 reads

Xue Cai accepts the commission to make a wedding outfit for an old love, not out of wounded pride, but because the fee will cover the debt owed by Xue Cai’s mother. Yet the bride, Wen Xing, comes every night to try the same cuff. The calluses between her thumb and forefinger and the horse reins inside her clothes do not match the delicate measurements sent by the Liang family. As the wedding approaches, Wen Xing suddenly asks where the tailoring shop’s rear window leads; Xue Cai grips the scissors, not daring to answer at once.

This work was created by AI, inspired by the poetic imagery of Li Qingzhao’s “To the Tune of Die Lian Hua: Warm Rain and Fair-Weather Breezes First Break the Ice.” Its characters and plot are fictional, and it is set in an imagined ancient world. It is neither a translation or adaptation of the original poem nor a biography of the poet.