On the day the new emperor, Chu Qingyu, ascended the throne, he noticed that the powerful royal uncle who held sway over the court looked at him strangely.
The decisive Prince Jing, Chu Moli, treated him with respectful distance in public, yet kept portraits of him from every stage of his childhood in private. When Chu Qingyu was ambushed at the border, his uncle took an arrow for him. When he was poisoned, his uncle stayed up all night to draw out the poison. Yet whenever Chu Qingyu tried to get closer, the man backed away, keeping strictly to the rules between sovereign and subject.
Until the night of the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, when Chu Moli, covered in blood, stood in front of him to protect him: "All I have ever asked for in this life, Your Majesty, is your safety and happiness."
Both are each other's one and only. Younger emperor top × restrained royal uncle bottom. Political intrigue
