The Minister Beneath the Robes: Punishment at His Side

To the world, he is Xie Yunzhi, the refined young nobleman whose name is celebrated throughout Jinling. Talented and virtuous, he is the man of countless young ladies’ dreams.

Only I know what this radiant, moonlike gentleman is really like behind closed doors.

He gently warms my hands when no one is around, yet at night he makes me copy books until I’m choking back tears.

He teaches me to read and understand the world, while keeping me confined to a space no bigger than a few feet.

Everyone envies me for being the only one favored by Young Master Xie.

But they don’t know that this exclusive devotion is both a sweetness I gladly savor and a poison I cannot escape.

Only when a upheaval sweeping through the imperial court struck did I realize that the cage he built may have been meant to keep me safe through the storm from the very beginning...