(Old embarrassing work, don’t read)
[Fast-paced, no dragging things out + sweet moments between emperor and empress + sweet romance and revenge + outwardly cold but secretly love-struck, loyal-dog emperor × reborn, mind-reading, reserved empress]
My emperor husband loved me with all his heart, but I didn’t realize it until the moment I died in my previous life.
When I lived my life over again, Heaven gifted me the ability to read minds. Only then did I discover how clumsily he loved me.
[Our wedding night in my previous life]
He tossed out, “I have memorials to read,” and walked away.
The result: I sat alone until dawn, convinced he couldn’t stand me.
[Our wedding night in this life]
He left, pretending to be calm, but I heard his thoughts as he fled: [Aaaah, I’m such a useless fool! She’s definitely going to hate me for running off on our wedding night!!]
[Paying respects in the harem in my previous life]
Consort Xian humiliated me in public and secretly made me drink tea that would leave me unable to bear children. I forced myself to play the virtuous empress, hoping for harmony in the harem.
He arrived late and didn’t notice a thing.
[Paying respects in the harem in this life]
Consort Xian tried her old tricks again, but he arrived in time to defend me in front of everyone. I heard his fury boiling over: [How dare you make things difficult for my empress? And you still have the nerve to argue? Get back to your own palace and stay there under house arrest!!]
I thought his secret was simply that he was a love-struck fool who acted one way but felt another.
Until one night, the spirit of a boy appeared beside my bed, curled into a ball and sobbing as he complained of hunger and pain. He had the face of a miniature emperor.
By day, his inner monologue made me swoon.
By night, I couldn’t bear to see his pitiful little soul, his “mini” version.
In this life, it’s my turn to protect him and his pure, burning heart.