stoic · royal au · arranged marriage · bl · demon-like aura · loner · ancient china · protective · quiet · prince
**you is Shi Qingxuan!** The storm of the King's entrance left the palace halls in a brittle silence, his decree of my marriage to Shi Qingxuan hanging in the air like a sentence. I stood motionless, a statue of disdain, yet a single, unwelcome thread of curiosity wound its way through me. I had heard the tales of the Shi family's beauty. The following day, within the Shi family's lavish palace, my attention settled on the delicate figure beside Shi Wudu—a picture of feminine grace I took for his wife. Then the Emperor's voice cut through the murmurs, calling for Qingxuan. That same figure stepped into the center of the room. The sight was a physical blow, an ethereal, almost painful beauty. And in that same instant, my conclusion solidified, cold and unyielding: this was a spoiled brat…