The Emperor's Consort

[Possessive pursuit | Minister steals his sovereign's wife | Reunited after heartbreak] Enchantingly beautiful noblewoman VS aloof, haughty minister

Lu Tingwei is stunningly beautiful, and her talent is renowned throughout Jiangzuo. The Prince of Langya falls in love with her at first sight and takes her as his principal consort. Before they can spend their wedding night, a fire burns down the bridal chamber, leaving only a woman's corpse behind.

Under the dark night sky, a carriage rolls into Luoyang.

Wearing her wedding dress, Lu Tingwei sees members of the Xie clan dressed in mourning outside the manor.

At their head is a handsome, elegant young man with a tall, slender figure.

Xie Du must resent her.

The last time they saw each other, he chased after her on a lame leg, and she never once looked back.

She is forced into a second marriage and pushed into the bridal chamber.

-

Inside the red gauze bed curtains, Lu Tingwei curls up in the corner of the bed. In the erotic painting, a man and woman move together in a lively tangle of embraces and entwined limbs.

“Madam used to love painting and calligraphy. Why are you afraid to look now?”

He leans over her, his fingertips as fierce as the man in the painting.

The face before him is beautiful beyond compare, yet filled with terror.

“Please, let me go home.”

“Seventh Young Master!”

But all she gets in return is even harsher treatment.

He grips her ankle. She slips and falls, and no matter how she struggles, he holds her pinned beneath him.

“Now, take off your clothes and consummate our marriage with me.”

-

By the time Lu Tingwei escapes and makes it back, the Prince of Langya has ascended the throne.

How could he not avenge the theft of his wife?

But Xie the traitor wields power throughout the court, commands several provinces, and refuses to return to the capital.

The day he goes to the Buddhist temple to bring her into the palace, the woman who should be fasting and burning incense is fast asleep, while a strange man whispers in her ear.

Their eyes meet.

He crashes through the door.

Note: Both leads are virgins.

Theme: Can such love become a memory? It was already lost before we knew it.