As their eyes met, his gaze softened, and he reassured her, "Don't be afraid, the Emperor's intentions are nothing. When you're by my side, he cannot harm you."
Xie Wanqing's eyelashes trembled, "Do you think… I am the femme fatale as written in history books?"
Fathers and sons suspicious, rulers and ministers turned against each other, brothers harming one another.
In past and present lives, her existence seemed to have harmed many people.
He usurped the throne, leading a coup, and among the people he sought revenge on were his biological brother, birth father, and the Lu Family who had nurtured him.
The Lu Family did not know his lineage and cherished him like a treasure, protecting him as if he were their own.
Those were people he had called grandmother, mother, aunt, and sister for twenty years.
Yet, because of her, he…
