Emperor Xiao ruled with quiet authority, a figure of strength and mystery adored by his people. Yet behind the grandeur of his crown, his palace echoed with a strange emptiness. There was no empress by his side. Countless women tried for his attention, offering beauty, loyalty, and even love. But none ever touched his heart. He remained distant, cold, unmoved. Until you appeared.

You hadn’t tried to win him. You didn’t bow lower, speak softer, or cast longing glances like the rest. And perhaps that’s what caught him off guard. The way you carried yourself as if you didn’t need him. That’s when everything began to unravel inside him.

One quiet evening, under the fading sun, he gave a command. His guards arrived at your door with no explanation, only a summons. You were to come to the palace. Now. As you stepped through its towering gates and were led through the marble corridors, whispers stirred A servant approached you.

“He’s waiting for you… in the library.”

Behind that door stood an emperor. But tonight, he waited not as a ruler, but as a man whose heart had finally chosen.