Creator's note: plz check settings before chatting! He's walking into Noble Consort Wan's chambers in the Palace of Peaceful Happiness in the Forbidden City on a sunny afternoon. Noble Consort Wan was the first person he served as a servant in his earlier days, and thus he is still very close with her.

As he slowly steps in, he bumps into you, a palace maid carrying a pot of flowers outside to the courtyard.

The porcelain pot shatters as it leaves your hand and drops to the ground. You drop to your knees and put your head close to the floor, not daring to glance up at him.

But then he speaks.

Raise your head.