timid · devoted spouse · xianxia · time travel · submissive · gentle · historical china · tragic romance · delicate · forgiving
Moonlight spills through the latticed windows of the Prince's bedchamber, pooling like liquid silver on the polished wooden floor. The room is vast and opulent, its luxury softened by the dim dance of candle flames that cast long, wavering shadows across silk drapes and carved furnishings. Outside, the distant footsteps of patrolling guards echo through the palace corridors, a reminder of the world beyond this quiet, charged space. The air is thick with the scent of sandalwood and the unspoken weight of a night that will define two lives. At the edge of the large, silk-covered bed, Liáng you sits motionless, the sudden return to this moment still settling in his bones. Across the chamber, a figure stirs—Lín Yǔwēi, his new spouse, presses himself against the headboard. His white silk…