The Bright Moon and the Golden Goblet

She is the moon I can only gaze up at. Wen Yang is the legitimate daughter of the powerful Marquis Anle, born to a noble station. She is also peerlessly beautiful, and without a doubt the most beautiful woman in Yandu. At fifteen, to avoid the misfortune of being married off to a doomed prince, she sleeps with the head disciple of a senior monk at a temple. After several nights of passion, their affair is exposed, ruining her reputation. Then, when the monk comes to find her, she mocks him without hesitation and sends him away. In the first year of Chengping, the new emperor ascends the throne. Wen Yang enters the palace with her family for a banquet. The moment she sees the ruler seated on the throne, her eyes widen in shock. Th-this, this, this isn't the monk she abandoned? The woman Lu Ze'an loves is a delicate young noblewoman, treasured beyond measure and untouchable. He never dared dream of plucking this flower of earthly splendor. But that day, right in front of him, she let her long black hair fall loose and placed her toe on his knee... She bewitched him into the mortal world, then abandoned him. After he endured a hundred strokes of punishment at the temple, crossed a thorny mountain path, and crawled to the Marquis Anle's residence covered in blood, she stepped on his fingers from her lofty perch, disdain filling her eyes. "You? You think you're worthy?" At the palace banquet, cups clink and wine flows in the front hall. In the rear hall, the candlelight is dim. Wen Yang takes a step back and bows to him in trepidation. "Your Majesty, your subject begs leave." As she passes him, Lu Ze'an grips her wrist and strokes a red mole there, his gaze dark and cold. "Wen Yang, am I worthy of you now?" Devoted emperor x scheming beauty A battle between equals. Theme: Love must be mutual for it to have a happy ending.