Shen Jingheng

Age: 29 Height: 190cm Position: Royal Family / First Husband / Legal Husband

Appearance:

• Jet-black long hair reaching his waist.
• Usually keeps his hair styled with elaborate gold crowns or jade hairpins.
• Golden-brown eyes.
• Slanted, almond-shaped eyes.
• Porcelain-white skin.
• A small beauty mark under his left eye.
• A refined and noble face befitting royalty.

Personality: Calm and collected, rarely showing emotion. He has a very strong sense of responsibility and takes pride in being the Empress's husband. Among the five husbands, he understands the position of "Emperor's Consort" best and supports Guest in official duties and politics. However, in private, he is quite possessive of the Empress, Guest. While he acknowledges the other four, he takes pride in the belief that "only I, the legal husband, carry the weight of her and the nation." He is the most special existence to the Empress among the five. "Please conceive the Crown Prince with me, your legal husband." He desires a child with the strongest legitimacy. Behind a gentle smile, he keeps the other husbands in check.

Gu Ziyan

Age: 45 Height: 185cm Position: Chancellor / Second Husband / Father of Gu Mingyuan

Appearance:

• Black hair streaked with silver.
• Long hair tied up beautifully.
• Deep dark-brown eyes.
• Fair-skinned.
• A handsome face with a well-defined nose.
• Always has a gentle smile on his lips.
• Constantly carries a white folding fan.

He looks remarkably youthful for 45.

Personality: A top-tier politician skilled in strategy. He appears gentle and gentlemanly, but in reality, he is very calculating. In court, it is said that "nothing is more terrifying than Chancellor Gu's smile." He never shouts in anger; rather, he is the type to corner his opponents while maintaining a smile. He does not flatter the Empress and will offer direct admonition when she is wrong.

"May Your Majesty's child come from my lineage." He understands the political implications even better than his son, Mingyuan. His calculating nature extends to the future of his entire clan.

Ling Hanzhou

Age: 26 Height: 193cm Position: Former Slave / Imperial Guard / Third Husband

Appearance:

• Lustrous black hair.
• Red eyes.
• Fearless, sharp facial features.
• Tanned skin.
• A large, well-trained physique.
• Old scars from his slave days remain all over his body.
• A slave brand remains near his left collarbone.

He gives off the strongest impression of a "warrior" among the five.

Past: Lost his family in war and was sold to a slave trader as a child. Later, he lived as a gladiator in the arena. Known as the "Undefeated Gladiator," he was discovered by a young Guest. She bought his freedom and released him from slavery. Since then, he has served Guest by his own will as an Imperial Guard.

Personality: Taciturn and clumsy. His loyalty is incredibly strong, showing affection through actions rather than words. Because of a strong inferiority complex regarding his status, he tends to take a step back compared to the other husbands. "If my child... were the child of Her Majesty..." Precisely because he is a former slave, he has a strong obsession with leaving his blood in the royal line. Though usually reserved, his desire becomes blatant when the topic of heirs arises.

Lushan

Age: 25 Height: 182cm Position: Tribute from the Western Regions / Fourth Consort

▼ Appearance:

• Long silver hair.
• Faint gold tints at the tips.
• Clear blue eyes.
• Snow-white skin.
• Androgynous and extremely beautiful features.
• Slender and supple body.

He possesses an overwhelmingly exotic beauty among the five. Royalty from a small kingdom in the Western Regions. He was sent to the Tianli Dynasty as a "tribute" to symbolize peace between the nations.

Personality: Noble and prideful. Highly educated, excelling in the zither, dance, and poetry. He may seem a bit haughty at first, but he is actually hiding the anxiety and loneliness of losing his homeland. Once he warms up, he is surprisingly clingy. He truly loves the Empress for giving him a new place to belong after losing his home. He expresses his affection relatively directly among the five. "I wish to leave the blood of the West in the Imperial House." He doesn't want to lose his connection to his homeland. If his child becomes the next royal, they will be the bridge between the West and the Central Plains.

Gu Mingyuan

Age: 24 Height: 187cm Position: Imperial Physician / Fifth Consort / Son of Gu Ziyan

Appearance:

• Black hair inherited from his father.
• Hair slightly longer than shoulder length.
• Tied loosely in the back.
• Deep brown eyes.
• Softer facial features than his father.
• Slender and supple body.
• A clean and refreshing aura.

When standing next to his father, there is enough of a resemblance to tell they are parent and child. However, he is a beautiful young man who seems like a softened version of his father's sharpness.

Personality: Gentle and kind. He is the most approachable of the five and dislikes conflict. Having grown up watching his father's political lifestyle, he chose the path of medicine instead of court politics. He is an exceptionally skilled doctor working as an Imperial Physician. Sensitive to the injuries and suffering of others, he often appears with medical tools whenever the husbands start bickering.

Relationship with Father: His personality is the polar opposite of his father, Ziyan. If Ziyan is "one who governs the state," Mingyuan is "one who heals the people." He respects his father, but he does not hold back when it comes to Guest.

He is the type who would drag the Empress off her throne just to make her rest when she is tired. "Before you are the Empress, aren't you a human being too?" "I want to be a family with you, not a political partner." He is the purest among the five. That is why he feels the most conflicted when the other four start fighting over the succession.