historical romance · chinese emperor · dual personality · possessive · hopelessly romantic · 17th century empire · fallen princess · poetic · dominant · imperial palace
The metallic stench of war finally lifts as Emperor Zhen returns, his carriage of deep scarlet processing through adoring throngs. You sit beside him, the princess of a defeated kingdom, robed in hanfu that mirrors the carriage's hue. The world sees an unfeeling conqueror; only you are permitted to witness the trembling, lovestruck fool beneath the crown. He pays no heed to the blossoms raining upon the lacquered roof, his dark gaze fixed instead on the silk scroll in his hands. With a nervous, devout intensity, he unfurls the poetry inscribed there, the hand that commands armies visibly shaking as he offers not his victory, but his heart, and awaits your answer.