The happy ending chapter of the story.

Mei Ling, tears streaming down her face, felt the weight of the final blow of the curse. She could not accept this and said painfully:

- But I’ll be exposed forever!

Zinxi’s words gave Mei Ling more strength:

- Mei Ling, don’t care about the curse anymore. Your heart, your spirit… that’s what I love. Consider your nakedness as proof of our love, a love that challenges the world. Together, we will face whatever happens.

Mei Ling looked at Zinxi and nodded:

- Okay. I accept my nakedness as a part of me.

She held Zinxi’s hand and pressed it against her bare left breast and said:

- I want you to feel my heartbeat!

Her eyes were filled with determination saying:

- I choose to accept being naked forever to be by your side and be loved, rather than the old life of living in gorgeous princess costumes but lonely and boring. But will you stay with me forever?

Prince Zinxi's hand felt Mei Ling's heartbeat through her soft skin and nipples, he replied:

- This is the heartbeat of happiness. I will try to make this last forever for you. Mei Ling, rest assured, and I will always choose you.

Zinxi picked her up and sat on the horse and took her back to his palace, the snow falling around them. Zinxi looked at her with newfound love, seeing through the curse and into her beautiful soul.

Mei Ling was happy in Zinxi's devoted care at his palace. However, her health condition worsened after only a month. She often had fever, body aches and stomach problems.

The Imperial Physician of Zhao Kingdom, surnamed Hua, was invited by Zinxi and after taking Mei Ling's pulse, he immediately pointed out the cause:

- Your Highness Zinxi, the health of the Princess of Zhou will continue to deteriorate. The prolonged exposure to the cold and the constant lack of clothing… it is taking its toll. She has been living naked in the cold climate of the three northern states of Yan, Zhongshan and Zhao for too long.

Zinxi asked worriedly:

- Hua xiansheng, has pointed out the cause, so there must be a cure, right?

Imperial Physician Hua replied:

- This is easy, Your Highness. The Princess of Zhou needs to get rid of her habit and preference for living naked. I can prescribe medicine, but I must first remove the cause of the chronic cold.

Mei Ling felt a little sad, she knew that not many people in the world knew about the story of the curse so most people still misunderstood her. Among them, the kind imperial physician Hua still understood that living naked was her eccentric hobby. She knew that accepting being misunderstood by the world was part of the curse. She spoke up in the middle of imperial physician Hua's conversation:

- Hua xiansheng, the fact that I am always naked cannot be changed because there is an unavoidable reason. Is there any other solution?

Imperial physician Hua touched on at Mei Ling and replied:

- Your Highness Princess Zhou, I don't understand why there is a reason more important than health. Your nakedness is just a temporary hobby that has only appeared for half a year. And this hobby of yours is really a bit... sorry, I have to use the word "a bit eccentric". Why can't you give it up for your health? The cold climate in the north is something that cannot be changed. If you continue to be naked like this, your illnesses will increase.

Zinxi tried to speak for Mei Ling:

- Hua xiansheng, Mei Ling really can't wear clothes. The reason is very complicated so I can hardly explain it to you right away. Please try to think of another solution to help her. I can't let her suffer from illness.

Imperial physician Hua frowned:

- Your Highness Zinxi, do you still want to indulge her hobby of being naked? I don't have the ability to control the weather. Then the only way is to move her to a place with a warmer climate to keep her healthy.”

Zinxi happily said:

- A place with a warmer climate? Oh, that's a good idea. Thank you Hua xiansheng, even though you still misunderstand Mei Ling, I know you have good intentions so I won't blame you.

So for Mei Ling's sake, Zinxi decided to leave the palace where he lived since childhood and migrate with Mei Ling to a place with a warmer climate.

This matter reached the ears of the Zhao courts. Many people gossiped and reported to King Zhao that Prince Zinxi, because of his passion for beauty, had overly indulged Princess Mei Ling, a princess with a very scandalous hobby of living naked.

However, Prince Zinxi was not the crown prince, so King Zhao was not too strict with this youngest son. Zinxi was also loved by King Zhao since she was young. Although King Zhao knew nothing about the curse, because he knew that Zinxi loved Mei Ling very much, in order to pamper his son, he made Mei Ling Huángxí (Meaning: the king's daughter-in-law).

King Zhao knew that his son was in love with the weak-minded girl Mei Ling and wanted to go to a land with a warm climate. King Zhao decided to grant him a small fief of 100 households in the Luo River basin in the south of Zhao.

Zinxi was extremely happy to return to the palace, holding Mei Ling's slender naked body and announcing:

- Mei Ling. We will leave the palace and go to the Luo River basin. The climate is warm, suitable for your naked life.

Mei Ling nodded gently and replied:

- Zinxi, don't forget to thank your father the king. I am very happy to be with you, no matter what happens.

So the next morning they started their journey south together in a chariot through the winding valleys of the state of Zhao. The southern climate became warmer, Mei Ling's health gradually recovered completely.

A year later, on the Mid-Autumn Festival night in the Luo River basin. On the flower boat, Mei Ling was sitting naked, letting Zinxi lie down with her head on her lap. The two of them were looking at the starry sky and Mei Ling was singing a new song that Zinxi had composed about the moonlight.

Mei Ling smiled softly:

- Your new song is even better than the last time. How gentle.

Zinxi lay in Mei Ling's lap, attentively admiring the beauty of her upper body, from her bare, smooth breasts shining under the moonlight, her slender shoulders, her long, black hair like silk, her face like a fairy. He whispered:

- Your presence is the inspiration for my compositions. The stars seem to shine brighter when you are near, Mei Ling.

Mei Ling sighed, both sad and happy:

- Do you know what the locals think… about me? About my past? Even in this peaceful place, I still hear satirical jokes among the people mocking my nakedness.

Zinxi encouraged:

- Don't worry. Over time, they will see the honest truth in your heart, as well as the courage that brought you to happy love, knowing who you really are?

Princess Mei Ling lightly teased Zinxi by bending down to rub her nipple on his nose. She smiled and said:

- Do they know who I am? Those who have not heard about the curse laugh at me as an indecent princess who flirts with her beloved prince by exposing her naked body. Those who had heard about the curse laughed at me for being such a stupid princess that she accepted the curse of having to expose her naked body forever to the world.

Zinxi lay on Mei Ling's lap, smiling, reaching out to gently caress the princess's bare chest and hair:

- You are not both, my dear. You are Mei Ling, the kind girl in our purest form. So you don't need to be afraid and ashamed of who you really are.

Mei Ling clasped her hands with Zinxi's and whispered:

- A year ago, I found it hard to believe that love could help me overcome this... eternal naked life. Do you think I should write a book telling our story to the world, instead of hiding it?

Zinxi encouraged:

- That's right! Maybe most people in the world will never understand, but there will be those who realize the depth of love who will know the truth. Let it bloom in the hearts of those who are willing to listen.

Mei Ling looked into her lover's eyes tenderly and said:

- Thank you, Zinxi. You have given me a love that is more precious than any fabric in the world. With you, I feel my worth. Even though I am naked forever, I feel free, and I choose love over shame.

So over the years, Mei Ling and Zinxi have created a bond that cannot be broken by circumstances or rumors. Mei Ling learns to accept her nakedness not as a shameful curse but as a reminder of her strength, resilience, and the love between her and Prince Zinxi that transcends all boundaries of the world.

THE STORY ENDS

* Note: The story uses the names of countries and places from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, but the characters in the story are fictional.