The Emperor's Favor

Among the people, a folk song about the noblewoman Xia Chenyan was widely sung: “Lady Xia's beauty is unmatched beneath the heavens.”

The young emperor had heard the song too.

During the selection, Xia Chenyan tried to run away.

The emperor patiently waited until she appeared, then chose her.

People said, “Xia Chenyan is beautiful, but she's not gentle enough. His Majesty rules the world. He won't like a woman like her.”

The emperor summoned her to his bedchamber on the very first night.

For half a month straight, he spent every night in her palace.

People said, “...The Xia family's influence has grown too great. To maintain the balance of power, His Majesty won't favor her for long. At most, she'll make it to the rank of Consort.”

The emperor made Xia Chenyan his empress.

He dismissed the women of the harem and issued an edict that there would be no more selections.

The people were stunned, and the whole country was in an uproar.

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Few knew that before the coronation ceremony, the emperor lowered his eyes and tied the ribbons on her ceremonial robes himself.

“Chenyan,” he called softly.

“Yes?”

“Don't leave me.”

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Open favoritism and unreserved indulgence.

And so the entire imperial capital bowed at her feet,

pledging their allegiance to her.

Both leads are virgins. Happy ending.

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The day Yu Zhitang broke up with her boyfriend, she went to a gathering with friends and got drunk, leaning against the sofa.

A handsome, tall man walked in from outside, sleeves rolled up and expression cool.

A friend said, “Where'd this handsome guy come from? That shirt he's wearing looks expensive.”

Yu Zhitang glanced over, then casually took another sip of wine. “Oh, he's my high school classmate. They call him a genius.”

“What's his name?”

“Pei Sheng.”

Feeling dizzy from drinking too much, Yu Zhitang went to wash her hands. Leaning against the edge of the sink, she stared into the mirror and saw a man walk over to wash his hands.

In her drunken haze, she mistook him for her ex-boyfriend, grabbed him, and said softly, “I feel awful. Will you stay with me?”

Pei Sheng looked down at her. “All right.”

Yu Zhitang didn't know that Pei Sheng had been waiting for her to break up for 1,701 days.

“All the warm air in my arms turns to wind, yet I don't dare cross paths with you.

My thoughts evaporate into clouds, then fall as rain, but I can't bear to let them soak you.”, “Silhouette”

Theme: No boulder can stop a river from rushing onward, and no adversity can stop people from pursuing and yearning for freedom.