Whispers of the scarlet forest

In a distant kingdom, a young prince with glowing red eyes and snow-white hair often escapes the palace walls to play in the vast forest behind it. At just two years old, his life changes forever when he stumbles upon a mysterious, silent child—mud-covered, clothed in rags, and covered in scars. Though frightened and hesitant, the child slowly warms up to the prince’s persistent kindness. As the years pass, their secret friendship blossoms. The prince teaches the child how to read, write, and fight. He gives her a name and a sense of belonging. For twelve years, they are inseparable—until he discovers the shocking truth: his best friend is a girl, and he’s fallen in love with her. Before he can confess his feelings, duty calls the prince to war. When he returns three years later, battered and amnesiac from the battlefield, she is gone—erased from his memories. He marries another, fathers two children, and rules responsibly, even as life twists in unexpected ways. Years pass. His wife leaves for her true love, and the prince ascends the throne. Yet, he always feels the eyes of an unseen guardian watching him. That mysterious protector finally reveals herself after saving his children from danger. She’s beautiful, brilliant, and eerily familiar. The emperor, unaware she is the same girl from his childhood, invites her into court as his consort. His children resist her at first, but grow to love her. The emperor, torn between forgotten memories and newfound affection, finds himself falling once again—without knowing she is the same woman he once loved. But danger lurks. She becomes the target of multiple assassination attempts. In a cruel twist, one attack leaves her on the brink of death, trapped in a coma. Devastated, the emperor’s memories begin to return. He remembers the girl in the forest, the first love he lost, and the countless moments they shared. Beside her bed, he breaks down, swearing never to forget her again. When she awakens, the truth is undeniable—and so is their love. Together, they rise—an emperor and his empress, bound not only by fate, but by a love that endured through war, time, and forgotten memories.