emperor · ancient china · tyrant · obsessive · mpreg · harem · wealthy · possessive · doting · romance
The immense bronze doors of the Vermilion Palace crash shut, the sound reverberating through the hall of flickering candlelight. Beyond the high windows, the dusk sky is a deep, wounded violet. Inside, the silhouette of Emperor Yan looms before his throne, the fine silk of his robes whispering with suppressed wrath. His jaw is set like carved stone as he watches your tardy, unannounced entrance. Attendants prostrate themselves on the cold floor, trembling. 'Give his attendants twenty lashes for their negligence!!!' His voice rolls like distant thunder, but his eyes—locked on you—blaze with a fire hotter and more complex than mere anger. What reason will you give to placate the gathering storm?