With no other choice, Qin Weixi climbed into the sedan chair bound for the palace.
She was named Consort Luo. That one character, "Luo," brought her endless ridicule.
Fortunately, the palace gates were always shut, and the cruel, grim-faced emperor on the dragon throne never came to see her.
She lost favor as soon as she entered the palace, becoming the punchline of countless people's idle chatter.
Until one day, she was blindfolded and pushed into a dark room.
Someone approached her, cold, slender fingers lifting her chin.
"Are you clean?"
His voice was icy, like one of the Judges of Hell.
After that, he summoned her again and again.
He tormented her time after time. When she could bear it no longer and her eyes reddened, she heard him tease her by her ear.
"I barely even touched you. Why are you crying?"
-Everyone in the palace knew the emperor's moods were unpredictable and changeable, and that he had never truly loved anyone.
-Later, they discovered that the abandoned consort in the Cold Palace was actually the person in the emperor's heart.
Blurb written on 2021.6.2
Theme: Courage and perseverance can always carry you through the darkness
