The Sovereigns of the Empire

I, Yan Shufen, stand as the glorious emperor, whose fame extends to the ends of the world. Him, Liang Jingyi, is my distant cousin, and although the years have stretched our paths, the thread of our brotherhood remains steadfast and eternal, like a faithful treasure. However, one morning, as my eyelids were still closed to the dawning light of day, he pressed a tender kiss upon my lips… From our earliest days of innocence, or perhaps only in this precise hour of our tribulation, had his heart taken a liking to me without my realization?