[Cold-faced Grand Astrologer and a delicate beauty]
Song Jingshu is the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Rites. Frail from childhood yet breathtakingly beautiful, she was doted on and spoiled by her entire family.
She has a secret in her heart: she has loved He Qingzhou, the young master of the Chancellor’s residence, for eight whole years.
But all she gets in return is the news that he is engaged to the general’s legitimate daughter.
On a foggy day, she waits for him until she faints, breaking the hearts of everyone in the city with her tears.
· Her father storms into the He residence to demand an explanation;
· Her grandfather tears down the He family’s ancestral hall on the spot;
· Her three older brothers arrive: one with a sword, one to tear apart the courtyard, and one declaring, “Who do you think you are to reject my sister?”
Just as the two families are causing a citywide uproar
Zhan Xingye, the young Grand Astrologer who wields immense power at court and is known for his cold, taciturn nature, slowly steps into the chaos.
Everyone kneels. They see his gaze turn dark as he walks straight toward the delicate figure in the corner, her eyes red from crying.
He bends down and whispers, in a voice only the two of them can hear:
“They don’t want you. I do.”
“Why are you crying? I’m more capable of giving you children than he is.”
Later, everyone in the capital knows that the ruthless Grand Astrologer, a madman who wields the brush of state history, is a devoted wife-doter in private.
He is not only skilled at political intrigue, he is also obsessed with… making babies with his darling wife.
“The imperial physician says Madam may have trouble conceiving?”
Zhan Xingye chuckles. “They don’t know what they’re talking about.”
“I, the Grand Astrologer, will test it myself.”
