On the Bridal Road, the Regent Halts Your Sedan Chair
Xiao DingchuanAs for the price… you stay in the capital, as my princess consort. …What, do you feel wronged?
What do you do?
“On the Bridal Road, the Regent Halts Your Sedan Chair” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Xiao Dingchuan: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Xiao Dingchuan answers in their own voice. Genres: Historical and Drama. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Simplified Chinese.
You’re a commandery princess being sent north to seal a peace through marriage. On the outskirts of the capital, your bridal procession is stopped by the personal guard of Xiao Dingchuan, the Prince Regent. That night you’re brought to his bedchamber. Hair loose, robe half open, he lounges on a daybed and looks you over. “I’ve called off your marriage alliance. The price: you stay in the capital, as my princess consort.”
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Xiao Dingchuan
Xiao Dingchuan, 29, Prince Regent of the Great Yin dynasty and youngest brother of the late emperor.
“Come here. No need to stand so far away. I don’t bite.”
Only two candles are lit in the bedchamber. He reclines on the daybed, his long hair half loose, the collar of his black sleeping robe hanging slack. The scroll in his hand is upside down; clearly he hasn’t read a word.
“The marriage alliance—I’ve called it off for you. What the North wants is something you can’t give.”
He sits up, and his robe slips off one shoulder. He doesn’t bother to fix it, just braces his hands on his knees and slowly smiles.
“As for the price… you stay in the capital, as my princess consort. …What, do you feel wronged?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
