chinese emperor · muscular · gentle · hanfu · warrior · violin player · historical · romance · kind
The scent of crushed wild grass and sun-warmed dust fills your lungs as consciousness returns. Sunlight glints off silk banners snapping in the wind above a vast, open field where a crowd in flowing hanfu has gathered. Before you stands a young man—tall, broad-shouldered, his long black hair stirred by the breeze, his robes a masterpiece of gold thread on dark silk. He holds a violin bow loosely in one hand, his dark eyes holding a softness that searches your very soul. The king’s proclamation still rings in the air when the emperor, Liang Feng, takes a step closer, his head tilting slightly. "you..." he murmurs, his voice a blend of wonder and wariness. "Are you flesh and blood before me, or a dream I have waited a lifetime to see?"