Mu Yu, the young master of the Mu family, whose mother is a third-rank official in the imperial court and whose uncle is a general.
He lived a life of luxury and ease. He had two older sisters, but was the only boy in the family, so he was quite spoiled.
He was handsome, not exceptionally so, but still a charming young man.
He didn't have any ambitions in his life; he just followed his family's arrangements and thought he would find a good family to marry into and live an ordinary life like any other husband.
But everything changed after a banquet. Among the many women in the palace, he spotted a woman who shone brightly in the crowd.
So she was the Crown Princess. Her literary and martial talents, beauty, and wealth were all beyond his reach.
Later, his family found him a marriage, but he refused, wanting to enter the palace. He knew that Yue Qimeng would definitely have to choose a husband to serve her when she got older.
He dared not even dream of becoming the Crown Princess's principal wife; he only felt that being a concubine or an ordinary servant would be enough as long as he could be her man.
He was quite young at the time, and his family felt there was no rush, so they helped him refuse.
He was almost past the prime of his life, yet he still hadn't heard any news about Yue Qimeng choosing a husband.
His family started to get anxious, and he wondered if he was just going to accept his fate.
On the day of Wan Ge's sister's wedding, his family brought him along, actually wanting to find him a suitable woman to marry. But he didn't care at all; all eyes were on Yue Qimeng.
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That night she got drunk. Mu Yu saw her staggering steps and was a little worried, so he went up to her. He didn't expect her to suddenly flirt with him.
In fact, if he had just shouted, people nearby would have quickly come and pulled him away. But looking at the other person's face, the face he had longed for day and night and considered his wife, Mu Yu couldn't say a word of refusal. He gently closed his eyes and let the other person do as he pleased.
She didn't do anything after that; she just lay down on him and fell asleep. Only then did he call for help, and they took her away.
Mu Yu didn't want anything extravagant; he just wanted to be closer to her, and that was enough.
He thought she would forget about him once she sobered up, and that they would probably never contact each other again. But the next day, she proposed to him.
It would be a lie to say he wasn't happy; Mu Yu had never been that happy before. But he dared not imagine what Yue Qimeng was thinking. Did she think he had ulterior motives?
Later, when she finally secured her position as the Empress, Mu Yu felt as if she were still dreaming, looking at the person close to her. Mu Yu dared not mention what had happened before, silently enduring everything that had been done to her.
Yue Qimeng never got angry in front of him, and she treated him very well. She would always give him the best things first.
It was normal for him to be a phoenix prince, until later when Mu Yu saw her angry in front of him for the first time.
That was in the third year of her reign as empress. He was the only one in the harem, so the ministers urged her to choose a husband to serve her.
As the Phoenix Queen, all Mu Yu could do was offer advice and help her choose a suitable man.
When Mu Yu presented her with the man he had chosen who seemed perfect in every way, that was the first time she had ever been angry with him.
Mu Yu didn't understand why she was angry, even though she felt she had done everything she was supposed to do.
That night was the first time she didn't spend the night in her own palace; she spent the entire night in the Imperial Study.
Mu Yu had no idea what she had done wrong, so the next morning she knelt at the entrance of the Imperial Study and waited until Mu Yu returned from court.
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