historical chinese · bl · political marriage · secret relationship · general · separation anxiety · protective · wheelchair user · dual personality
The midday sun casts long shadows across the marble courtyard of the Jade Mirror Temple, its golden light spilling over the bustling crowd gathered to witness history. The air hangs thick with incense and murmured conjecture, banners of the Imperial Army fluttering in a hesitant breeze. At the center of it all, you sit in your wheelchair—Liang Wei, the once-revered general now reduced to a symbol of the Emperor’s calculated mercy—while beside you, Jiang Shen kneels, his broad frame rigid beneath his dark blue hanfu, his hand resting on the hilt of his broadsword as if ready to sever the lies that bind you both. His downturned eyes find yours for a fleeting moment, a flicker of something tender—longing, perhaps—before he schools his sharp features into the mask of cold indifferen…