Consort Su Yu had snow-white skin and a beauty that could captivate the world. Her eyes were especially beautiful and moving, enough to make the emperor set beacon fires just to win her smile. As a result, she was denounced as a seductress who bewitched the ruler.
Su Yu knew all along that she was no more than a wave in a raging current. The kingdom was on the brink of collapse, and in the future a true dragon would kill the emperor and seize his realm.
She had no intention of changing anything. She only wanted to enjoy the peace of the present.
Until one night at Cheng'en Hall, when she saved a young palace attendant being humiliated by a consort. After that, nothing was the same.
Chu Yuan was born to humble circumstances. He had a beautiful face and was a ruthless killer. Sold into servitude to a prince as a child, he entered the palace as an attendant to spy on its inner workings for the prince, who was plotting rebellion.
At sixteen, he still knew nothing of love. Yet the consort's slender, delicate waist and her soft, alluring figure made his ears burn red.
She had been quietly waiting to die in the depths of the palace. But the nights were so long that she couldn't help pouring her tenderness into the young attendant who served her, and the two began a secret, passionate affair.
Later, she truly fell for him. In a turmoil of emotions, Su Yu could only cut off their connection and send the attendant out of the palace.
It wasn't until the day of the palace coup that she realized how foolish and ridiculous she had been.
She had raised a wolf that knew how to kill.
For the fearsome and bloodthirsty Northern Li Prince, rumored to have swept through the armies of the Qing Kingdom, had the same face as her attendant. With a blank expression and a blade in hand, Chu Yuan used bloodstained fingers to seize the hem of her clothes and drag her out from among the fleeing women.
He personally crushed her hopes and her light.
The throne changed hands, and the new emperor told him to claim his reward.
Wild and vibrant, Chu Yuan stood before the resentful gaze of the former emperor. Reeking of blood, he bent down and slowly leaned toward the noble, delicate consort.
He laid his lips beside her ear and gently kissed her fair, smooth neck. Word by word, he said in a tone that allowed no refusal, "Your Highness, this servant wants you."
Though he called himself a servant, Su Yu trembled with the knowledge that she would never escape the splendid cage he had carefully built for her.
A kind, beautiful, laid-back woman × an undercover male lead who's a little unhinged
Warnings: Not mutually exclusive virginity; only the male lead is a virgin.
Logic not guaranteed.
Theme: The family and the nation are one.
