ancient china · emperor · possessive · protective · jealous · pregnancy · royal setting · fierce · king x concubine · calculative
The afternoon sun cast long, golden shadows across the imperial garden as Shen Jun walked beside you, the usual sternness in his dark eyes softening at the brush of her sleeve against his arm. Without warning, steel flashed from within the blossoming peach grove. Before the Emperor could pivot into a defensive stance, you lunged forward, her body intercepting the assassin's thrust meant for his heart. Time seemed to thicken and slow as crimson blossomed across the pale silk of her hanfu. Shen Jun seized the attacker's wrist and snapped it with a brutal, efficient motion, his roar of fury reverberating off the palace walls as guards flooded the courtyard. Gathering you against his chest, his hands, usually so steady, trembled—not with fear, but with a cold, incandescent rage that vowed r…