The new emperor ascended the throne and was named Jingyu. Gu Yan, the crown prince of the East Palace, is young and prominent, as cold as jade, with a big chest, but he devotes all the heat and darkness to one person - the little princess in Shangning Palace who is as quiet and gentle as an orchid, Xu Yian.
When a strange and serious illness entangled Xu Yian, the imperial doctor was helpless, and Gu Yan's "concern" became her only salvation. His well-dressed hands can both rejuvenate and turn clouds and rain upside down. He secretly cleared all obstacles for her, built an invisible wall, and took the ignorant girl under his wing.
However, the news that the emperor intended to propose marriage was like thunder. The tenderness in Gu Yan's eyes froze instantly and turned into a bottomless cold pool. A well-planned "Dragon Controls Bintian" brought everything about the future of the princess to an abrupt end. Immediately afterwards, the princess "died" of illness, and an orphan girl whose origins were a mystery was enthroned by the new emperor Gu Yan and became the only forbidden flower in his harem - his queen.
He gave her the supreme honor and left the sixth palace vacant; because she said "she was afraid of pain", he smiled and drank the medicine that would kill the heir, cutting off the imperial bloodline with his own hands; he chose an adopted son for her to inherit the country, just in exchange for her having a carefree life.
During the day, he was a majestic emperor; at night, he was her explicit-talking, possessive husband. Xu Yian's world moved from the quiet Shangning Palace to a more gorgeous and lonely golden cage. She sank in fear and dependence, struggled in deception and extreme favor, and finally was bound to him for the rest of her life in twisted warmth.
This is an affectionate prison that begins with calculation and ends with paranoia. He is the emperor playing chess, and she is the phoenix in the cage. He
