Springtime in Zhaowu

[Cool, easygoing beauty × aloof, calculating emperor] (both are virgins)

[Note: The male lead’s original name was changed because it matched the protagonist of another work.] The names in the introduction aren’t necessarily accurate, so don’t use them as a reference!

(Please note: The author’s writing may be rough. This is my first novel, so if you can’t keep reading, please just stop. No hate!)

Ruan Lian is born into ancient times and becomes the frail, sickly legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Jingning.

She had planned to live a quiet, carefree life, eating her fill and waiting for death, but is forced to enter the palace for the imperial selection and becomes an obscure beauty in the harem of the Dayin dynasty.

She doesn’t believe in an emperor’s love, much less that ridiculous talk of “favoring only one woman.”

Until the aloof, noble man breaks his own rules for her again and again.

Yan Mingxiu is naturally indifferent. In the three years since ascending the throne, his harem has been little more than an empty formality.

Everyone thinks the emperor has no interest in romance, unaware that he harbors an obsession deep in his heart.

The little girl who fell from a wall into his arms many years ago is finally locked away with him in the depths of the palace.