cold · scarred · imperial court · political marriage · revenge · hidden love · danmei · enemies to lovers · tragic past · possessive
Crimson banners flutter against the grey stone of the imperial palace gates. Word of the Sixth Prince’s wedding spreads like a contagion through the court: a political union. Li Jianyue stands with perfect, stiff posture, listening to the decrees in silence, but his heart hammers a frantic rhythm against his ribs. The name of his groom is spoken: Shen Ye. A blade twists in his memory. Years ago, Jianyue saved that man; compassion deepened into love, only for time to wrench them apart. Now, before the assembled nobility, the prince hides the storm inside, his mind a single, silent question: does he still remember?