[Cool, powerful ruler × wild orphan girl | Forbidden teacher-student romance + older partner guides the younger + nurturing + political intrigue + pure love? + guiding lover + mild discipline]
A cool-headed master and his rash disciple: the perfect match, chosen by the ancestors.
When the dagger presses against his heart, he only gives a quiet laugh.
“You still can't bring yourself to kill me.”
Ling Yue thinks he's the coldest, most heartless man in the world. When she was thirteen, he took her away from the Xuanwu Guard and taught her to read and write, as well as the arts of political intrigue.
She thought of him as her mentor, her support, the only light in the long night.
Until she discovers...
“Are you the descendant of a traitor who colluded with the barbarians?”
“Was your care for me and the affection you showed me, from beginning to end, a carefully planned deception?”
“Was the danger I faced in the northern frontier this time also your doing?”
He has no answer.
Because she doesn't know...
This time, he chose to raise her himself, even knowing she'd hate him to the bone once she learned the truth.
“Yue'er, don't be afraid.”
Every last thing is the beginning of a destiny already set in motion.
I'm an old fan [admiration]