[Gentle Noble Consort Ning, Jian He x Devoted Ruler, Chu Xiangning] [Quality novel + marriage first, love later + happy ending + political intrigue + historical romance + palace drama] The kingdom fell in a single day, and the palace shook. Everyone was fleeing for their lives. Even Chu Xiangning, ruler of the realm, knew defeat was inevitable and sat in the hall waiting to die. But Noble Consort Ning, who had been banished to the Cold Palace for half a year, burst through the door and took his hand. “With a husband like you, I have no regrets.” The gentle, lovely woman before him was nothing like the one who had wept, made a scene, threatened to take her own life, and even planned to elope with a storyteller rather than marry him. Chu Xiangning said, “Then the three of us will never be parted.” He embraced her, but the last thing he saw was her slowly collapsing. And he, the ruler of the realm, was cut down from his horse when the rebel army’s hooves entered the palace.
