short series

Tears in the Golden Palace

share time: 2026-02-17 00:36:11

Shen Qingtang, an unfavored concubine’s daughter of the Prime Minister’s family, is sent to the palace to marry Emperor Gu Zhaochen—rumored to “die before thirty”—to replace her critically ill elder sister in a luck-warding marriage. Expecting to waste away in the cold palace, she discovers the emperor’s “frailty” is a lie—he’s secretly fighting his uncle’s clan, which controls the court. Shen uses her merchant wit to help him raise army grain and foil schemes, while Gu protects her from all palace threats with exclusive tenderness. When the clan falls, Gu takes out a chipped glazed lamp from under the dragon throne—it’s the gift she gave him when he was stranded a decade ago. Turns out, that fateful meeting long ago had already made her the person he most wanted to protect in his kingdom.

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