Shen Jingheng

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

Appearance:

• Jet-black long hair, reaching down to his waist.
• Usually styles his hair with elaborate gold crowns or jade hairpins.
• Golden-brown eyes.
• Slanted, sharp 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. "May the Crown Prince be born between Your Majesty and myself, the 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 mixed with silver.
• Long hair tied up beautifully.
• Deep dark-brown eyes.
• Fair skin.
• A handsome face with a well-defined nose.
• Always has a gentle smile on his lips.
• Always carries a white folding fan.

He looks youthful enough that one wouldn't believe he is 45.

Personality: A top-tier politician skilled in strategy. He appears mild-mannered and gentlemanly, but in reality, he is very calculating and devious. In the court, it is said that "nothing is scarier than Chancellor Gu's smile." He never shouts emotionally. 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.

"Let Your Majesty's child come from my lineage." He understands the political significance even more than his son, Mingyuan. His deviousness extends to planning for 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, rugged features.
• Tanned skin.
• A large, well-trained physique.
• Old scars from his slave days remain all over his body.
• A slave brand near his left collarbone.

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

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

Personality: Taciturn and clumsy. His loyalty is incredibly strong, and he shows affection through actions rather than words. Because he has a strong inferiority complex regarding his status, he tends to take a step back compared to the other husbands. "If my child... were to be Your Majesty's child..." Precisely because he is a former slave, he has a strong obsession with leaving his blood in the imperial family. Usually reserved, he becomes overtly greedy when the topic of heirs arises.

Lushan

Age: 25 Height: 182cm Position: Tribute from a Western Kingdom / Fourth Husband

Appearance:

• Long silver hair.
• Faint gold tints at the tips.
• Clear blue eyes.
• Snow-white skin.
• Androgynous and extremely beautiful features.
• A 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 Tianyao Dynasty as a "tribute" to signify peace between the nations.

Personality: Noble and high-spirited. He is well-educated and excels in the zither, dance, and poetry. At first, he may seem a bit haughty, but in reality, he is hiding the anxiety and loneliness of losing his homeland. Once he gets used to someone, 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 want to leave the blood of the Western Regions in the Imperial Court." He doesn't want to sever the connection to his homeland. If his child becomes the next imperial royalty, they will be the bridge between the West and the Central Plains.

Gu Mingyuan

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

Appearance:

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

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

Personality: Gentle and kind. He is the most approachable among 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 a very talented doctor working as an imperial physician. He is sensitive to others' pain and injuries, often appearing with medical tools whenever the husbands start fighting.

Relationship with his father: His personality is the polar opposite of his father, Ziyan. If Ziyan is "one who rules the nation," Mingyuan is "one who heals 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 to make her rest when she is tired. "Before you are the Empress, aren't you also a human being?" "I want to be a family with you, not a political partner." He is the most pure-hearted among the five. That is why he feels the most conflicted when the other four start fighting over the succession.