[Not a pure couple; he devotes himself exclusively to her later; not a strong female lead; the male lead can hear the female lead’s thoughts!]
Jingshu has spent a year in the palace, always observing the rules and never daring to slack off.
After an accident brings her to the emperor’s attention, he becomes fixated on her, and she can neither escape nor hide from him.
Then, after the Empress Dowager rewards her with permission to leave the palace, the emperor blocks her at the palace gates. “What, you’re already thinking of leaving?” Ling Zhen rushes back through the night after hearing the news, just to stop her.
With nowhere left to turn, Jingshu can only enter the imperial harem. From then on, the harem has a new favorite consort, who rises steadily through the ranks to become empress.
