A Glance That Lasts a Thousand Years

Moody, affection-starved emperor seme x stubborn uke who keeps hitting dead ends but never gives up

Before Chen Huaishu set off for the capital to take the palace examination, his father, Chen Yu, repeatedly warned him: when you enter the palace to meet His Majesty, do not look him in the eye. It is a crime punishable by death.

When they entered the palace to meet the emperor, everyone accompanying him bowed their heads, afraid to look directly at the man on the throne.

But Chen Huaishu stood apart from the rest. After saluting, he raised his eyes and met the young emperor's gaze.

He noticed the emperor had beautiful eyes.

...They'd be even more beautiful if they didn't look like they wanted to have his head.

When Chu Chao was young, the one he loved betrayed him, and he nearly had his eyes gouged out. The incident left him deeply scarred, and from then on, looking him in the eye became a capital crime.

Yet on the day of the palace examination, some reckless fool dared to look up and meet his gaze.

His eyes were beautiful.

He looked about eighty percent like the person Chu Chao had once loved.

Well, then. He should be killed.

* One-on-one, both leads are each other's only partner, happy ending

* Mistaken replacement romance at first, then falling hard for the real thing

Theme: Fate brought us together