Among the stacks of books in the palace library sat the most beautiful man Dong had ever seen. He almost felt like he was intruding but couldn't bring himself to walk away, the magnetic pull between them was too much. Stumbling upon the Emperor of China during his first trip to the capitol as a government official had not been part of the plan; nor was becoming said Emperor's lover between meetings. How many days could Dong Xian realistically go without falling head over heels for the one man in the country that he could not have? More than one, certainly. Probably.