[Mind reading + young emperor and chancellor + mutual pining + shocking twist + one-on-one romance, both leads’ first love, happy ending]
The eighteen-year-old new emperor, Xiao Heng, defies convention and refuses to be bound by propriety.
When he accidentally activates the late emperor’s Twin-Heart Jade Pendant, he discovers he’s the only one who can hear the thoughts of the nineteen-year-old chancellor.
Everyone knows Shen Yan as the most rigid, proper old scholar in the realm. He strictly observes the boundaries between ruler and subject, and every day urges the emperor to govern diligently, marry, and fill the harem.
The officials take turns pressuring the emperor to marry. In the end, the chancellor himself leads the way, every word proper as he earnestly implores His Majesty to establish an empress and choose a noblewoman.
The court buzzes with noise, and the calls for the emperor to marry never let up.
The young emperor, fed up with their pressure, suddenly smiles in defiance.
“You urge me to marry every day, and you’re all in such a hurry
then let the chancellor become my empress.”
The moment the words fall, the entire court erupts in laughter, taking them all for mad words from a foolish emperor.
The officials laugh at His Majesty’s antics and mock the aloof chief minister.
No one knows.
That offhand, defiant remark
is the fulfillment of a long-laid plan.
And no one knows that the rigid chancellor who urges His Majesty to take concubines every day has already pledged his heart to the emperor, bound himself to him for life, and vowed to share every day together.
Very interesting story and very interesting (๑•.•๑)