On a moonlit night of passion, sweat dampened the silk sheets, and they gave in to a night of pleasure.
When His Majesty, the Emperor of the Great Jing Dynasty, awoke from his heavy drunkenness, the beauty from the night before was gone, leaving only a lingering fragrance on his pillow.
After a careful investigation, he learned that the beauty was named Pei Hengbo, and was the principal wife of the second son of Count Shunyi.
So what?
The young emperor gave a mocking smile. “If I want her, she's mine.”
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Pei Hengbo came from a once-prosperous but now fallen family in the capital. She married into the Count Shunyi's household thanks solely to her beauty, as radiant as peach blossoms.
But her parents-in-law disliked her, and her sisters-in-law made life difficult for her. She had a hard time of it. Once, when she accompanied her husband to a palace banquet, she accidentally fell into a carefully laid trap intended for someone else to target His Majesty.
When she sobered up, she fled the imperial bed in a panic, but accidentally left behind her embroidered handkerchief.
She tried her best to act as if nothing had happened and continued serving her parents-in-law and sisters-in-law at home, but trouble came knocking all the same.
At the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, His Majesty held up a familiar-looking handkerchief, inhaled its scent, and said, “Madam Pei, it's been a long time.”
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1. Female lead, no male lead pairing
2. Younger man, coercive pursuit followed by a long road to winning her back
3. I haven't thought of any other potential content warnings yet. I'll add them later as needed.
Theme: Develop healthy ideas about love.
