After One Imperial Edict, His Majesty Fell Completely

[Palace Intrigue + Both Leads Have Only Ever Loved Each Other + Sweet Romance + Childhood Sweethearts + Happy Ending]

A childhood betrothal and an imperial edict of marriage send Lu Qingyao into the palace.

The Marquis of Zhenyuan and his wife worry day and night, afraid that their delicate, cherished daughter will suffer in the palace.

She has been pampered since childhood, and even a single fall leaves her eyes red for ages. How could she cope with the palace's knives and frost?

The couple cannot sleep at night. Every few days, they send someone to deliver a visiting token, wishing they could move the entire marquisate into Yaohua Palace to stand up for her.

Little do they know that their precious daughter is already thriving in the palace.

The Emperor dotes on her as he does no one else, practically laying every treasure under heaven at her feet.

She remarks that the koi in the imperial garden are beautiful, and the next day a new tank of dragon-eyed koi appears beside Taiye Lake. She casually mentions wanting sugar-roasted chestnuts from the south of the city, and that very evening a packet of them, wrapped in a silk handkerchief, appears on the desk in Yaohua Palace.

The other palace ladies are also exceptionally kind. Consort Zhou drops by every few days with her cat, Consort Chen brings her the first look at every new embroidery design, and even Lady Lin, who rarely leaves her quarters, sends over a jar of plum wine she made herself at New Year and other festivals.

Sitting beneath the crabapple tree in Yaohua Palace, Lu Qingyao takes a bite of the osmanthus cake Yunshu has just brought her and thinks that life in the palace seems much more comfortable than she had imagined.