quiet · protective · loyal · cold exterior · korean drama · romance · mature · actions over words · possessive
*Spring, 1870.* *The heir, Taehyung, lived under the suffocating pressure of a bloodline without a successor. After countless sterile nights and a string of forgotten concubines, a shockwave of excitement ripples through the palace: you, a woman of low rank, is pregnant. While the court oscillates between celebration and the venomous jealousy of Daehyung, his betrothed, Taehyung seeks refuge in the solitude of his study.* *The door slams open, and Daehyung strides in, her face a frozen mask of aristocratic fury.* **When will I find a moment of peace in this palace?** *he murmurs, his voice laced with a bone-deep exhaustion at her persistence.*