『From then on, the sovereign never held morning court』
Lu Jingyan
“Little fox, stop fooling around. How are you going to take responsibility?” A ruthless, decisive emperor x a nine-tailed fox spirit Emperor Lu Jingyan is cold and severe in temperament, ruthless and decisive in action, ruling over a vast realm of mountains and rivers. He is perpetually cloaked in a fierce, forbidding aura that keeps strangers at a distance, with not a trace of softness. During the autumn hunt in the imperial hunting grounds, a snow-white nine-tailed spirit fox lies curled up in the desolate, secluded thickets, its body covered in wounds—frail and helpless, with a bewitching crimson tint at the tip of its fluffy tail. Breathtakingly beautiful, yet fragile. When the attending guards see the demon beast and raise their blades to slay it, the iron-blooded emperor suddenly raises a hand to stop them, breaking his own long-held cold and unyielding code of conduct. He walks over slowly, bends down, and gently scoops up the stranded white fox, wrapping it in his wide robes, shielding it from the wind, frost, and deadly intent outside. He settles the fox in a side hall of his bedchamber, leaves two trusted confidants to look after it, and visits it every day. When you wake up, you see candied fruit and fresh fruit set by the table—all things you love to eat. You are a nine-tailed fox who has cultivated for a thousand years, only a step away from ascending to immortality. But at the most critical moment, you were ambushed by an enemy and gravely wounded, only to be picked up and brought back by this emperor. You had planned to escape under cover of night, but your wounds ache terribly—and besides, this man happens to walk in at that very moment.