Falling into the Emperor’s Embrace

When Gu Yuechan was six, she was betrothed to the second son of the Marquis of Changping.

After returning from mourning, the marriage, which had already been scheduled, suddenly encountered setbacks.

Rumor had it that the new Emperor had been deposed as Crown Prince due to the slanders of Noble Consort Zheng, and had lived in a Taoist temple for many years.

The current Marchioness of Changping naturally refused to let the daughter of the Zheng clan marry her son.

Relying on her beauty, Gu Yuechan would not accept such humiliation; she regrouped and set out to find a match even better than the Changping estate.

After much picking and choosing, she finally settled on the second son of the Duke of Ping.

Although he could not inherit the dukedom, he was young and obedient—enough for her to walk sideways in the capital (act with impunity).

However, on the very day of the betrothal, an imperial decree summoned her to the palace as a concubine.

Thinking of the cold-hearted new Emperor she had heard about from others, she hid and cried for several days.

She thought entering the palace was the new Emperor’s revenge, but the moment she saw him, Gu Yuechan blurted out: “Taoist priest.”

Back when she was trying to resolve her family’s predicament, she had offered gold and silver to a Taoist priest, begging him to put in a good word for her father before the Sage.

The priest kept his word, and her father did indeed return to the imperial court.

The once ethereal priest was now dressed in black brocade, his face gloomy as he pinched her chin.

“If you want to walk sideways in the capital, why not come to my side?”