[Sharp-Tongued, Cold-Hearted x Sweet, Oblivious] Married First, Love Later, A Sweet Romance
It was no secret in the palace that the emperor and empress did not get along.
But everyone had heard they were childhood friends and classmates, and that the Empress Dowager herself had once declared them "a pair of jade-like beauties." Even if they weren't deeply in love, surely they could at least treat each other with respect and courtesy.
And yet...
In the young emperor's eyes, the empress was gentle and delicate on the surface, but dull and boring in private.
In the young empress's eyes, the emperor was cold and indifferent on the surface, but cruel and violent in private.
Six months after their wedding, they still hadn't consummated their marriage. They even seemed to wish their chambers were separated by a distance of ten thousand miles, much to the dismay of everyone around them.
No one knew that once night fell and the curtains dropped, a ridiculous dream would unfold in wave after wave.
In the dream...
Jing Kui found a lion cub. It was white all over except for three tufts of black fur between its brows, and it had pink paw pads. She adored it.
When she first brought it home, the cub was on the verge of death. Jing Kui carefully nursed it back to health, sharing her meals and bed with it every day. She told it all her secrets in her dreams.
As the lion cub grew, its favorite things were to tumble around with Jing Kui in its mouth, toss her onto its back and race around, then lick her palm with its rough tongue.
The girl and the lion met in their dreams every day.
Until the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The Empress Dowager had fallen ill and summoned the emperor and empress to attend her. Meng Zhui walked stiffly into a secluded palace garden. Beneath a hazy old canopy, he saw the empress murmuring to a sewn-up lion doll.
The lion was white all over, with three tufts of black fur between its brows and four pink paw pads.
It was exactly what Meng Zhui dreamed he was every day!
He listened closely and discovered that Jing Kui was badmouthing him!
In dreams: cuddly days with a fluffy big lion.
In real life: clashing at every turn, a pair of bickering sweethearts.
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