[Abduction and possession] [The pursuit after the breakup] [Male substitute]
A gentle yet strong-willed, cool beauty x a young emperor who believes he alone is supreme
In the third year of Yongming, the emperor opened the central palace gates and welcomed the daughter of the Pei family as his empress.
Pei Yu knew she was an empress the emperor did not love. Fortunately, she had never expected anything from him either.
All she needed to do was be a quiet, obedient empress.
But on their wedding night, when the emperor lifted her red veil and the face she had longed for appeared before her, Pei Yu felt as though she were dreaming.
The man she loved had come back from the dead.
The entire palace said the empress was gentle and considerate, and loved the emperor dearly.
Only Pei Yu knew the truth: she simply wanted to look at that face a little longer.
*
Ji Yuanzhao ascended the throne as a young man. Unruly by nature, he hated rules and conventions more than anything.
Yet his empress was a dignified and virtuous lady.
Ji Yuanzhao didn't like her.
But Pei Yu was devoted to him.
She secretly watched him practice archery, learned to ride a horse for him, and accompanied him on secret trips outside the palace.
She even risked her own life to protect him.
When he saw her covered in blood, Ji Yuanzhao swore that he would never let her suffer the slightest injury again.
*
The moment he learned the truth, Ji Yuanzhao felt his blood surge and roar.
His empress, the wife with whom he had shared his fortunes and misfortunes, loved someone else.
The curtains hung low in Jiaofang Hall. Above them, embroidered mandarin ducks slept with their necks entwined. From deep within the bedchamber came faint, tender sobs.
Ji Yuanzhao kissed every inch of Pei Yu's skin, gazed down at her helpless tears, and roughly gripped her chin as he demanded:
"Can your lover give you this kind of pleasure?"
When she didn't answer, Ji Yuanzhao gently took her tender earlobe into his mouth and slowly licked it, murmuring indistinctly, "Apparently not."
Reading guide
1. Both leads are sexually inexperienced, one-on-one, happy ending.
The male lead is devoted to the heroine in both body and heart. He has never even touched another woman's hand.
Theme: Good communication
