Crown Prince Xiao Jihan is bloodthirsty and cruel. After his failed rebellion, he is confined to the Cold Palace. After weighing their options, the Shen family, who had arranged a betrothal with the crown prince, gives the marriage originally meant for their eldest daughter to the disfavored Shen Cishu instead.
On the first day she enters the palace, the crown prince is covered in blood. Seeing Shen Cishu in her phoenix wedding robe and crown, he regards her as prey, seizes her throat with his bare hand, and glares at her. "Is this how the Shen family means to slight me?"
That is because, despite Shen Cishu's unparalleled beauty, her mind is that of a six-year-old child.
Everyone believes Shen Cishu will be tortured to death by the crown prince within three months.
Three months later, corpses litter the Cold Palace, yet Shen Cishu sleeps unharmed on the crown prince's couch.
A surviving assassin takes advantage of the moment and shoots a poisoned arrow. Shen Cishu
uses her own body as a shield and takes the arrow for him.
Xiao Jihan slits the assassin's throat. When he turns around, he sees Shen Cishu trembling with fear. "I'm here, Ashu. Don't be afraid!"
She is the faint glimmer of daylight in his darkness, the first person ever to approach him while he holds a sword, to tend his wounds and softly say, "With Ashu here, Your Highness won't hurt anymore!"
The following winter, the crown prince builds up his own army, kills his imperial father, and becomes the Son of Heaven.
Shen's father brings the eldest daughter to tell Shen Cishu, "This match was meant for your elder sister. You had it to yourself for three years. It's time to give it back!"
The new emperor gazes at the eldest daughter, his eyes burning with desire.
Looking at her sister's face, so like her own, Shen Cishu understands everything. She holds back her grief and quietly leaves.
On the day of the empress's investiture, the Jiaofang Palace catches fire. Shen Cishu perishes in the flames, never to be seen again.
After Shen Cishu dies, Xiao Jihan grows ever more deranged. Not one of the palace servants who cared for her survives; all become souls beneath Xiao Jihan's sword.
At midnight, palace servants often see the new emperor in the Cold Palace, staring blankly at the hairpin Shen Cishu left behind.
When they meet again in Yanzhou, Xiao Jihan looks down at her and commands, "Come back to my side!"
Shen Cishu slowly approaches. A sharp blade pierces the imperial robe, and blood flows freely. Her voice is gentle and tender: "But now I only like emperors who have breathed their last, just as Your Majesty taught Ashu back then: whoever makes Ashu unhappy will be unhappy for the rest of his life!"
Xiao Jihan takes her hand and forcefully drives the dagger into his chest, laughing wildly. "Just as Ashu wishes!"
tip:
1. Both leads have only ever been with each other.
2. Mad emperor x stoic beauty
3. The male lead truly has no feelings at first.
4. Blurb written on 25.08.01, screenshot saved.
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