A marriage decree: She presented the late emperor’s edict and asked to marry him.
A heart cold as frost: She held no place in his heart at all.
On their wedding night, he pointed straight at her forehead and made his feelings perfectly clear:
“On our wedding night, on this beautiful and auspicious occasion, we could have been perfectly happy. But you took the place I had reserved away from me. How could I possibly tolerate even the slightest bit of you?”
She had planned to wear the false title of Princess Rui, get answers to the questions in her heart, and then leave. Instead, she was drawn into someone else’s scheme.
He had meant to find the woman he loved and hand his entire estate over to her, but with every step, he found himself entering her world.
Why did their tender feelings turn them into strangers? Why did plots and schemes bring them together as allies?
Beneath the imperial city, why did she sing through her tears: “I return you a cup of loveless tears. I only regret that we did not meet before I was wed.”
