The Empress's Intentions

Tianfeng Imperial City, deep within the palace.

Night was as dark as ink, and the entire imperial city lay shrouded in silence.

Hu Yue, the empress, stood in a pavilion in the imperial garden, her slender fingers gently tracing the carvings on the stone railing.

Moonlight poured down like water, spilling across her snow-white skin and casting a faint silver glow.

Her dark red palace robes were embroidered with golden phoenixes along the hem. They shimmered in the moonlight, radiating the majesty befitting an empress.

Her long black hair fell loosely over her shoulders, with a golden phoenix hairpin tucked into it. A breeze stirred, making it sway gently.

If Wang Xian had been there, he would have cried out in shock... The alluring woman before him had the same face as Hu Keke.

As if they had been carved from the same mold. Truly, beauty could bring disaster.

Just then, faint footsteps sounded in the distance.

Hu Yue did not turn around. She already knew who was coming.

At this hour, aside from her younger brother, Hu Feilong, no one else could freely enter the inner palace.

"Elder sister."

A low voice rang out behind her, tinged with hoarseness.

Hu Yue turned and saw her younger brother, Hu Feilong, standing in the moonlight.

He wore a dark brocade robe and a jade belt, his figure as straight as a pine.

His face, seven parts similar to hers, now bore a trace of weariness.

"Why are you so late?" Hu Yue asked softly, her voice carrying a hint of reproach.

Hu Feilong walked a few steps closer, then stopped three feet away.

He sighed. "I've been preparing provisions these past few days, so I got held up." As he spoke, his gaze fell on Hu Yue's face, growing gradually more