[Up next: His Majesty Always Suspects I've Reloaded. The full manuscript is complete. It will start in January 2027. Please add it to your reading list!]
○ Emperor steals his minister's wife / possessive love
Blurb:
At their first meeting.
Beneath the flickering candlelight, the young emperor raised his eyes and slowly swept his gaze across the hall, then stopped on one particular spot.
The eunuch attending him seemed to sense something. He stepped forward and reminded him, "Your Majesty, that is Lord Qi's daughter."
The daughter of a treacherous official from the previous dynasty, who had sold out his country for personal gain. Her skin was porcelain-white, her figure slender.
Shen Yi knew who she was and was about to turn away.
But in the next instant, he suddenly met her startled gaze.
Amid the towering waves of power, the woman was like a lonely boat, drifting helplessly, heartbreakingly vulnerable.
*
At their next meeting.
She entered the palace with her new husband and sought an audience with the Empress Dowager.
Her father had been imprisoned, and dark circles shadowed Qi Linghuan's eyes, but they still did nothing to diminish her beauty.
Their gazes met briefly.
As if possessed, Shen Yi asked, "Whose family member is she?"
The man beside the woman answered for her. "Your subject, Zhang Yu, brings his wife to pay respects to Your Majesty."
His voice was calm, but for some reason Shen Yi found him rather irritating.
He lost interest and had no intention of asking more. Unexpectedly, the woman spoke up, timidly following her husband's lead as she bowed. "Your subject's wife, Qi Linghuan, pays her respects to Your Majesty."
Her voice was soft, like a drifting feather, stirring the heartstrings.
The emperor's heart skipped a beat.
*
They met again.
Shen Yi thought of her day and night. As he'd expected, that lovely figure appeared once more.
They gazed at each other from afar, the emperor's figure an invisible barrier blocking her way.
The palace was silent all around them.
Cold sweat and tears trickled from Qi Linghuan's trembling eyelashes.
Under his forceful demand, she nodded in confusion, begging him not to hold her so tightly.
At the time, she had no idea:
This was a desire the emperor had long buried in his heart.
*
Later, as time passed,
the arms wrapped around her waist never let go again.
Again and again, he stood up for her and wiped away her tears.
He protected her and cherished her in the palm of his hand.
Reader's guide:
1. The heroine is not a virgin, the hero is. 1v1, happy ending.
2. More details to be added if I think of any.
[Blurb screenshot taken on July 3, 2024]
Theme: Learn to cherish yourself.
