I was a palace maid serving at the emperor’s side when I accidentally started seeing floating comments.
The comments said the emperor was hopelessly love-brained.
By day, when Consort Gui treated him coldly, he acted as if he couldn’t care less.
By night, he would sob under the covers, terrified his eyes would turn red from crying, then sneak out of bed in the middle of the night to press ice against them.
I didn’t believe it. Was this really my cold-blooded, ruthless, domineering emperor?
Later, I discovered the comments were right.
He really was love-brained.
Only, the target of his obsession had become me.
But I… didn’t love him.