Fria, who volunteered to become a male concubine in place of his young nephew.
Thanks to an emperor who never so much as glanced at the harem palace, he lived a carefree life of leisure and indulgence.
Then one day, the emperor suddenly paid a visit and demanded their first night together.
Fria could not even begin to guess the emperor’s true intentions…
The emperor, who had long awaited the birth of a male favorite who would plunge the empire into scandal, and Fria, who simply wished for the little time he had left to remain peaceful.
As time slipped away beyond control, would Fria be able to safely maintain his position as a concubine in name only?
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Those black eyes held no trace of emotion.
Even so, Fria could understand one single fact.
That young man, no, that man.
The emperor truly intended to violate him.
“Let me make this clear in advance.”
The emperor, gripping Fria’s wrist, added in a low voice.
“I don’t have much patience.”
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Chapter 258: The Portrait Inside the Locket
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Chapter 257: The Voice That Remembered Winter
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Chapter 256: The Day the First Snow Falls
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Chapter 255: A Body Built for Battle
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Chapter 254: A House Built by Another Man
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Chapter 253: The Name They Chose for Him
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Chapter 252: The Man Called Finn
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Chapter 251: The Fire Looks Nice
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Chapter 250: The Two Lockets
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Chapter 249: The Hand He Chose Again
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Chapter 248: The Name He Could Never Forget
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Chapter 247: The Reunion Beneath the Wisteria
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Chapter 246: The Night of Irreparable Sin
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Chapter 245: The First Night Remembered
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Chapter 244: The Weight of the Dead
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Chapter 243: The Forest of Judgment
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Chapter 242: The Forest of the Dead
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Chapter 241: The Monkey Who Chose Fria
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Chapter 240: The Summer Festival of Alphenia
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Chapter 239: The Dog That Disappeared Before Dawn
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Chapter 238: The Day He Had to Leave
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Chapter 237: The Name He Chose
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Chapter 236: The Puppy Who Would Never Bite Him
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Chapter 235: The Puppy He Chose
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Chapter 234: The Last Six Nights
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Chapter 233: The Boy Who Came First
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Chapter 232: The Man He Could Not Replace
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Chapter 231: The Boy Who Waited in the Wardrobe
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Chapter 230: The First Promise
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Chapter 229: The Circle of Time
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Chapter 228: The Dream of Reunion
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Chapter 227: The Wardrobe Monster
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Chapter 226: The Dream Woven from Golden Hair
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Chapter 225: The Spirit of Three Wishes
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Chapter 224: The Monster Named Gunnar
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Chapter 223: The Centipede King of the Underworld
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Chapter 222: The River of Oblivion and the Forgotten King
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Chapter 221: The Forgotten Emperor of the Underworld
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Chapter 220: The River of the Dead
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Chapter 219: The Covenant of Amrita
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Chapter 218: The Road to the Underworld
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Chapter 217: The Elixir Beneath the Palace
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Chapter 216: The Gift Buried with the Dead
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Chapter 215: I Will Not Bury You
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Chapter 214: He Will Wake
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Chapter 213: Has He Returned?
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Chapter 212: Beneath the Cherry Tree
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Chapter 211: The Ribbons That Led Home
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Chapter 210: The Mountain Behind the Palace
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Chapter 209: Can You Save Him?
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Chapter 208: The Trail of the Locket
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Chapter 207: The Price of a Doctor
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Chapter 206: The Doctor I Have to Bring
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Chapter 205: The Woman Who Chased a Snowflake
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Chapter 204: The Letter Left Behind
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Chapter 203: The Twenty-Fifth Spring
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Chapter 202: The Fifteen Days He Was Alone
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Chapter 201: The Thread Leading to Fria
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Chapter 200: The Search for Fria
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Chapter 199: The Time Had Finally Come
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Chapter 198: Truths Long Buried
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Chapter 197: The Secret Passage’s End
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Chapter 196: The Emperor Finds The Hidden Passage
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Chapter 195: The Bird’s Farewell
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Chapter 194: The Dream of Spring
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Chapter 193: A Fleeting Reunion
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Chapter 192: A Final Goodbye
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Chapter 191: The Victory Parade
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Chapter 190: The Emperor’s Double
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Chapter 189: The Vanishing Shadow
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Chapter 188: The Palace That Waited for the Dead
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Chapter 187: The Truth Buried Beneath Winter
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Chapter 186: The Truth Behind the Secluded Palace
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Chapter 185: The Truth Hidden Behind the Secluded Palace
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Chapter 184: The Empty Swan Palace
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Chapter 183: The Truth He Refused to Believe
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Chapter 182: Tidings of Victory, Whispers of Death
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Chapter 181: The Shadow of Death
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Chapter 180: The Secret That Could Not Be Told
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Chapter 179: The Letter That Should Never Have Arrived
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Chapter 178: A Locket’s Secret & An Old Dream Awakens
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Chapter 177: The Only Thing He Still Possessed
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Chapter 176: A Fugitive’s Refuge
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Chapter 175: The Hunter’s Cabin
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Chapter 174: The Golden Locket and the Hunter’s Choice
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Chapter 173: The Emperor’s Omen and the Boy in the Snare
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Chapter 172: Nightmares and the Hunter’s Trap
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Chapter 171: Fifteen Days Lost, One Journey Begins
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Chapter 170: The Vanished Consort and the Return of Judith
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Chapter 169: The Road Beyond the Palace
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Chapter 168: The Hidden Greenhouse
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Chapter 167: The Hidden Passage
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Chapter 166: The Hidden Passage
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Chapter 165: The Hidden Portrait
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Chapter 164: The Child in the Portrait
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Chapter 163: A Portrait of Spring
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Chapter 162: An Offer of Escape
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Chapter 161: The Quiet Before the New Year
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Chapter 160: Olga’s Return
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Chapter 159: A New Arrival
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Chapter 158: The Last Attendant
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Chapter 157: A Winter of Blood and Rumors
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Chapter 156: The Calm Before the Collapse
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Chapter 155: The Palace of Confinement
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Chapter 154: The Castle Where No One Escapes
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Chapter 153: The Empress Dowager’s Cage
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Chapter 152: The Empress Dowager’s Judgment
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Chapter 151: Audience with the Empress Dowager
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Chapter 150: Fria’s Confession
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Chapter 149: Poison and Memories
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Chapter 148: Winter’s Poison
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Chapter 147: Deadly Proof
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Chapter 146: The Violet Pills
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Chapter 145: The Dead Maid
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Chapter 144: The Empty Room
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Chapter 143: The First Snowfall
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Chapter 142: The Open Passage
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Chapter 141: House Arrest
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Chapter 140: The Slap
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Chapter 139: The Hidden Door
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Chapter 138: The Beginning of Doubt
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Chapter 137: A Poisoned Testimony
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Chapter 136: Fractured Trust
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Chapter 135: Mattia’s Secret
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Chapter 134: Beneath Suspicion
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Chapter 133: The Fall from Heaven
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Chapter 132: The Fall
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Chapter 131: The Emperor’s Consorts
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Chapter 130: The Missing Prince
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Chapter 129: The Feather That Fell from Heaven
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Chapter 128: A Season of Farewell
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Chapter 127: Three Days Until Farewell
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Chapter 126: The Hidden Medicine
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Chapter 125: The Shadow of War
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Chapter 124: The First Omen of War
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Chapter 123: A Secret, a Farewell, and a Promise Beyond Time
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Chapter 122: A Reunion in the Theater Corridor
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Chapter 121: Blood on the Pillow
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Chapter 120: The Journey Home
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Chapter 119: Judith’s Departure and Gir’s Decision
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Chapter 118: The Seizure Mistaken for Sleepwalking
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Chapter 117: The Secret of the Imperial Archive
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Chapter 116: The Emperor, the Consort, and the Talking Bird
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Chapter 115: Caught Beneath the Blossoms
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Chapter 114: The Emperor’s Conservatory
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Chapter 113: The Crystal Skylark
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Chapter 112: The Secret Behind the Closed Door
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Chapter 111: The Midnight Attack
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Chapter 110: An Emperor’s Longest Afternoon
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Chapter 109: A Secret Farewell Before Dawn
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Chapter 108: A Long Night Before the Fireplace
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Chapter 107: Fria Crosses the Hidden Passage to See Owen
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Chapter 106: The Emperor Could End Up Going to War?
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Chapter 105: The Morning After the Wine
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Chapter 104: The Promise He Refused to Break
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Chapter 103: Drunk on You
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Chapter 102: A Wish for One More Year
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Chapter 101: When the Emperor Learned to Stay
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Chapter 100: Beneath the Autumn Moon
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Chapter 99: The Emperor’s First Proper Visit
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Chapter 98: An Announced Visit
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Chapter 97: The Hidden Sanctuary Beneath the Ivy Palace
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Chapter 96: The Emperor’s Jealousy
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Chapter 95: Jealous Hearts Beneath the Swan Palace Sky
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Chapter 94: What Kind of Man Is the Emperor?
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Chapter 93: The One Who Raised Fria
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Chapter 92: The Man Time Forgot
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Chapter 91: I Missed You
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Chapter 90: At Last, They Meet
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Chapter 89: He Finally Arrived
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Chapter 88: What I Wanted
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Chapter 87: My Private Space
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Chapter 86: I Don’t Have Time
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Chapter 85: A Story About Him
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Chapter 84: I’m Sick of It
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Chapter 83: After the Storm
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Chapter 82: When the Emperor Chose a Concubine Over a Heart
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Chapter 81: Did You Ask If I Still Hate You?
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Chapter 80: The Emperor Who Could Not Sleep
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Chapter 79: You Don’t Hate Me Anymore?
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Chapter 78: The Emperor’s Handkerchief
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Chapter 77: The Emperor’s Ribbon
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Chapter 76: The Emperor’s Secret
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Chapter 75: The Emperor’s Rival
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Chapter 74: The Emperor’s Kiss
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Chapter 73: The Emperor’s Last Dance
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Chapter 72: The Emperor Carried Him Home
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Chapter 71: The Birthday Gift Beneath the Bed
Chapter 70: The Emperor’s Uninvited Guest
Chapter 69: The Secret He Was Never Meant to Find
Chapter 68: The Emperor Finally Came
Chapter 67: Caught Before Dawn
Chapter 66: Jealous of a Romance Novel
Chapter 65: The Name He Hated Hearing
Chapter 64: The Name He Whispered in His Sleep
Chapter 63: Only Two Weeks Left to Live
Chapter 62: The Emperor Thinks I’m Dying of Love
Chapter 61: The Missing Medicine
Chapter 60: A Palace for the Favorite
Chapter 59: The Angel’s Farewell
Chapter 58: Caught at the Window
Chapter 57: The Greatest Misunderstanding
Chapter 56: Midnight in the Kitchen
Chapter 55: The Emperor’s Cure
Chapter 54: The Emperor’s Locket
Chapter 53: The Portrait He Never Asked For
Chapter 52: Trapped in the Emperor’s Gallery of Memories
Chapter 51: The Emperor’s Forgotten Portrait
Chapter 50: Moonlit Promises Beneath the Emperor’s Garden
Chapter 49: Moonlight Above the Imperial Roofs
Chapter 48: Moonlit Bonds and Hidden Chains
Chapter 47: The Emperor’s Robe
Chapter 46: Tea at the Emperor’s Hour
Chapter 45: A Cage Behind the Wall
Chapter 44: Tears Beneath the Crown
Chapter 43: Jealousy in the Hidden Attic
Chapter 42: The Emperor Beneath the Ice
Chapter 41: Tangled Hearts in the Archive Hall
Chapter 40: The Scent Between Them
Chapter 39: The Slap
Chapter 38: The Concubine on the Tree
Chapter 37: The Temple of the Moon
Chapter 36: The Concubine Haunting the Emperor
Chapter 35: The Emperor’s Dead Lover
Chapter 34: Three Seconds Too Long
Chapter 33: The Swallow Palace Attendants
Chapter 32: The Portraits of the Swallow Palace
Chapter 31: After the Rain, Before the Dawn
Chapter 30: A Night Beneath the Rain
Chapter 29: The Emperor’s Fear
Chapter 28: Tears of an Emperor
Chapter 27: Bite in the Rain
Chapter 26: His Father’s Sin
Chapter 25: The Crown Prince’s Secret Garden
Chapter 24: A Stormy Night at the Imperial Banquet
Chapter 23: The Male Consort Appears
Chapter 22: The Consort Who Walked Into a Den of Vipers
Chapter 21: A Request Too Small for a Throne
Chapter 20: Behind Closed Doors and Unspoken Intentions
Chapter 19: The Request That Could Change Everything
Chapter 18: The Name They Shouldn’t Have Taken
Chapter 17: The Emperor’s Unexpected Morning
Chapter 16: Moonlight, Medicine, and a Stolen Breath
Chapter 15: Moonlit Rooftop Chase
Chapter 14: Moonlit Secrets and Buried Wounds
Chapter 13: Moonlight, Illness, and an Unwanted Vigil
Chapter 12: Summoned Under the Crimson Cloak
Chapter 11: Hydrangeas Beneath a Silent Crown
Chapter 10: A Prince in the Garden of Rain and Memories
Chapter 9: Rumors of Favor, Truths Left Unspoken
Chapter 8: A Consort Without Favor, A Family Still Waiting
Chapter 7: A Scent That Remembers What the Heart Forgets
Chapter 6: Eyes That Refused to Yield
Chapter 5: A Crown’s Favor, A Price Unspoken
Chapter 4: The Night the Emperor Crossed the Line
Chapter 3: A Bride in Waiting
Chapter 2: The Emperor’s First Visit
Chapter 1: The Empire’s Price