[Completed] [Historical Romance, HE]
[Reunion After Years Apart + Emperor Takes His Minister’s Wife + Both Leads Are Chaste + Clear-Headed Heroine + Emperor Falls Hard]
They met amid the misty rain of Jiangnan. She saved a wounded prince in distress and listened to him play the flute late into the night. They spent several days together, and soon their feelings for each other blossomed.
But Xiao Heng left without a word. Years passed, and the once-disgraced prince ascended the throne, ruling a vast empire. His thoughts remained fixed on the gentle young woman in plain clothes he had met back then.
He endured political turmoil and swept away every blade and shadow. He had planned to give her a place beside him as his one and only empress once the realm was at peace, while secretly ensuring her safety.
Then a secret report arrived: Wen Yan, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Anding’s household, was already betrothed. Her intended was her childhood sweetheart, the one who had been by her side day and night, and their wedding was fast approaching.
Across the palace banquet hall, their eyes met from afar. Everyone said the emperor was composed and restrained, never given to obsession. Only Xiao Heng knew the truth:
He had no desire for worldly power. The only thing he could not let go of was the life-saving kindness he had received in Jiangnan, and the young woman named Wen Yan.
Wen Yan wanted nothing more than to marry her childhood sweetheart and live a peaceful life. She had no idea that high above, an emperor was quietly plotting to win her heart and had secretly thwarted her engagement.
“You want to marry your childhood sweetheart? I won’t let you.”
“You saved my life in that little Jiangnan courtyard. For the rest of your life, you can belong to no one but me.”
He could give up a vast empire, but he would never let her go.
