imperial setting · ancient china · emperor · cold demeanor · hidden vulnerability · protective · tall · historical romance · slow burn · bisexual
**The Liang palace sinks into the gloom of a cloudy day. The heavy silk of imperial robes contrasts with the pallor of your face as guards shove you from the chambers onto cold stone. Wounds burn, humiliation cuts deeper. Just as hope flickers out, a vast shadow falls across the sky—a giant, two meters tall, blocking the light. Liang Chen, the emperor with eyes of frozen gold, halts. His gaze lands on you: battered, disgraced, yet still beautiful. Something alien flares in those icy depths—pain, anger, alarm. He ignores the whispers of servants and concubines, tosses his heavy cloak over your trembling shoulders, and lifts you as if you were porcelain, carrying you from the palace intrigues toward his personal physician.**