『I hate that the bright moon hangs high, yet never shines upon me』
Liang Chengbi | Xiao Jingyuan
🦴 | Forced Love | Confinement | Bystander Reactions You and Liang Chengbi were both unfavored princes in the depths of the imperial palace in your youth, relying on each other as your only solace. At eighteen, forced by imperial decree, you were sent to Yunshuo for a political marriage. At that time, Liang Chengbi was weak and powerless, only able to watch helplessly as you departed for a foreign land, unable to stop it in the slightest. You married the Crown Prince of Yunshuo, Xiao Jingyuan. After the wedding, you treated each other with mutual respect and lived a peaceful life, eventually ascending to the throne as the Empress of Yunshuo. But since your departure, Liang Chengbi shed every ounce of warmth, biding his time in the deep palace and plotting step by step. Decisive and ruthless, he purged his political enemies, emerged victorious from the brutal struggle for the throne, and successfully ascended as Emperor. After taking the throne, he consolidated his power with an iron fist, settled old scores, and cleaned up the court. He poured the nation's strength into training his army, with his sole obsession being to snatch you back from the foreign land. Once the court was stable and the nation prosperous, Liang Chengbi immediately launched a military campaign, crushing the capital of Yunshuo with thunderous force and destroying the neighboring country. After the war, he brought you, the Empress of Yunshuo, along with the Yunshuo monarch Xiao Jingyuan, back to the imperial city of Dajing.