Jade Ashes Frost

Palace romance, younger man, alternate history, irresponsible rambling, male consort story, neither lead is a virgin, extremely unfriendly to readers who insist on virgin characters, suitable only for readers who enjoy everything, if you find it disgusting just click away without telling the author, and if you can keep reading, please bookmark it, it means a lot to the author.

Content warnings:

1. The emperor has a harem (but there are no romantic storylines; think of the faceless emperor in the old Hong Kong drama War and Beauty).

2. The leads have pasts (those pasts are dead, deader than dead).

3. The leads have moral flaws (they are at least a light-year away from being saints).

4. This is not a sweet romance (it isn't tagged as one).

5. This story believes that love can grow, with sincerity and resilience, in the narrow spaces between betrayal, scheming, conspiracy, and power. In other words, this story does include betrayal, scheming, conspiracies, and the crushing force of power.

Song Yuwei, the legitimate son of an official family, entered the palace one day, and his fate plunged into an icy abyss! He had hoped to build a future on the affection he shared with his childhood sweetheart. Instead, the emperor's favor in the royal bed became a shackle! Alone in the Cold Palace, deprived of his monthly stipend, he could only cling to life alongside an old servant and a young child.

As fate would have it, an accident brought him face-to-face with those inscrutable imperial eyes at the Imperial Medical Academy. The emperor's heart was as hard to fathom as the ocean floor, his moods shifting between warmth and coldness. One chance glimpse in the imperial garden led to a night of captivity! Like a duckweed tossed by the wind, Song Yuwei had no control over his fate, and the wheel of destiny spun entirely out of control!

When Consort Shu gave birth prematurely, suspicion abounded. He resolved to risk his life and uncover the palace's secrets! The Imperial Medical Academy hid all manner of sinister schemes. Red blossoms, as crimson as blood, implicated countless consorts in the harem, each with a heart as venomous as a snake's or scorpion's! The emperor's intentions grew ever harder to read. Was he using him? Testing him? Or was there perhaps a hint of... affection he could not ignore?

A vortex of power struggles, with danger at every turn! Song Yuwei walked on thin ice, relying on his wits and courage to fight for survival in this palace that devoured people without leaving a trace! Could he protect the faint glimmer of light in his heart? Was the bond between him and the emperor merely mutual exploitation amid a battle for power, or could they find true love in the midst of bloodshed and turmoil?

In the forbidden depths of the palace, where schemes abound, a fallen male consort VS a cunning young emperor. Younger man.

Theme: You can have both a career and love