At lamplight, the little eunuch knelt on the ground, glanced up at the emperor, and carefully chose his words, trying to keep his composure.
The emperor finally spoke, slow and measured. "Did you see it with your own eyes?"
"I did, Your Majesty! The empress... he really did meet someone in secret."
But what awaited him was neither the emperor's fury nor his favor.
It was a cold sentence of death.
"Take him out and beat him to death."
That night, a little eunuch died without a sound. In the wavering candlelight of the Hall of Diligent Governance, a thin sheet of paper was reduced to ashes.
The emperor went to the empress's chambers.
In the cool moonlight, the empress turned back, dressed in plain robes of mourning.
"It's cold. Be careful not to catch one."
The emperor draped his outer robe over him, then bent down and took the empress's hand, gently rubbing his cheek against his wrist.
"You dropped your jade pendant in the palace. A maid found it just now and brought it to me."
"So it fell off."
"Yes, it fell off."
A cool and aloof yet warmhearted, beautiful, tragic bottom who can accept anything x a possessive, fiercely competitive, love-at-all-costs overpowered male lead in the Emperor's Domination style
The realm had been united once more. The court both feared and admired the emperor, a man known for his thunderous methods.
Many tales circulated among the people about this legendary ruler.
The most widely discussed was his empress.
The only male empress in all of history.
Everyone wondered what kind of person the empress was and what methods he had used to earn the emperor's special favor.
But those who didn't know the truth would never realize that, from beginning to end, the emperor himself was the one using every means at his disposal, and he was the one begging for affection.
Inspired by a scene from a TV drama
The idea behind this story was to explore whether the familiar trope of people around the emperor sowing discord in hopes of taking his place would be fun if it happened between a cool, aloof bottom and a possessive, devoted emperor.
Random extra: Your wife is cheating on you! Throw him into the cold palace! Stay away from him!
Top: Kill you, and no one will know. Take him out and beat him to death!
Bottom: ? Why is there blood on your hands? What happened recently?
Top: I got it on me by accident. Don't overthink it. Come here, darling.
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We have a long life together ahead of us. Whoever you like, I'll take them from someone else and bring them to you. Whatever you like, I'll bring it to you. Whatever you don't like, I'll make sure it never appears before you again.
I do all this for one thing, big brother.
I beg you to love me.
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I will conquer the nine provinces and three rivers, so he never has to suffer the sting of wind and snow again.
Theme: Not yet decided