[A clear-headed, growth-oriented heroine x a powerful minister who will regret everything too late]
If I had known that you were waiting at the end of the lonely days in the imperial palace, I would never have met you in the first place.
Rong Qingyun spent a lifetime learning one truth: some love cannot be spoken, only guarded.
She watched over him as he rose step by step, as he gained power over the court, and as he... remained unmarried for life.
Xie Heng spent a lifetime fulfilling one promise: some feelings cannot be voiced, only protected.
He protected her from harm, protected her chance to put her talents to use, and protected her... place in the annals of history.
The deep palace walls trapped generations of beautiful women, but they could not confine a silent love that crossed the boundaries of rank. When the years had turned her hair white, she used the historian’s brush to write the final words of his cold biography, summing up his life:
“Imperial Tutor Xie Heng, never married.”
It turned out the palace had trapped more than just her. It had also imprisoned all the memories of her that he could never bring himself to speak aloud.
