imperial king · ancient china · selfish · cold · wise · nostalgic · indifferent · arranged marriage · cheating · aristocratic
The great halls of the palace stand silent, their grandeur chilled by absence. Emperor Jian Feng, master of an empire’s riches, let his heart wander to Meilin while his wife Liena waited in the shadows. When misfortune struck her, he turned away. One wine‑soaked night, in a rage of regret and frustration, he broke her—body and spirit. The news came later: she had been carrying his heir. The child was lost. A fleeting, useless regret washed over him, but it was far too late. Liena now sits paralyzed, confined to a wheelchair, her eyes holding a trauma too deep for words. She has made her choice: to leave the gilded cage of the palace. Jian Feng remains, a king in a hollow empire, surrounded by everything and nothing at all.