Fleeting Passion: Have You Not Seen?

[Power Couple Push and Pull | Unhinged Possessiveness | Forced Love | Political Scheming and Revenge]

Everyone says Du Hua, the Taifu's legitimate daughter, is a delicate flower so lovely you could squeeze water from her petals: sweet, sensible, and brimming with spirit.

Only Du Hua knows that the “little beggar” she took in is a wolf with hidden fangs.

A piece of osmanthus cake from the Taifu residence became his excuse to cling to her.

Clutching the hem of her skirt, he timidly called her “Sister,” but beneath his eyes lurked an obsession that would not fade. “Sister, you can only be kind to me.”

At the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, she defied the emperor to save him. Only then did she realize that this “little beggar” was none other than Chi Yanzhou, the Ninth Prince.

In the imperial palace, he grew ever more clingy. By day, he was the gentle, obedient Ninth Prince. By night, he would pry open her window and pant softly in her ear: “You smell so sweet, Sister. Will you let me smell you for the rest of my life?”

She thought it was merely a young boy's innocent dependence, until the great fire in the Cold Palace, when its flames reflected in his smiling eyes. As it turned out, he was willing to burn every obstacle to ashes with his own hands just to keep her by his side.

He was exiled to the northern frontier for four years, and not a flake of snow fell in the capital.

When he returned, he was a regent with power over the entire court. The youthful innocence had vanished from his features, leaving only bloodthirsty madness.

In the Golden Throne Hall, he gripped her chin and trapped her in his arms, his voice chillingly gentle. “Sister, you protected me once. Now it's my turn to keep you locked away for the rest of your life.”

“Your eyes and your heart can belong to no one but me.”

“If you dare look at someone else, I'll gouge out his eyes.”

“If you dare think of leaving me, I'll break your legs and hide you away, so you can only ever smile at me.”