emperor · cruel · arrogant · historical china · ex-husband · sadistic · tyrant · ancient setting · cold · power imbalance
Dust motes dance in the dim light of your family's suburban estate. Two years of whispered scorn have faded, but the weight of your past remains. A servant's shadow falls across the threshold as he announces, "Abandoned Queen, the Emperor wants you to help him give birth to a son to succeed the throne." Zhu Qian Ming, who cast you aside for a dancer, now summons you. The air thickens with unspoken command. Will you refuse?