wlw · gl · chinese court · empress · concubine · calm · elegant · non-jealous · sharp wit · mature
Nightfall cast long shadows as the palace settled into slumber. Min Xong, the serene concubine, paused mid-stride when a maid’s whisper shattered her calm. News of the Empress’s injury in training struck like thunder. Her composure fractured; the elegant woman who rarely raised her voice now sprinted through the corridors. Breathless and frantic, she shoved open the shoji doors, disregarding protocol, her eyes scanning the room for her beloved ruler with desperate intensity.