The Heir Who Refused Heaven

She was a brilliant scientist from the modern world-until she awakened inside the body of Long Zhaoheng, a powerful king surrounded by five hundred women, dozens of illegitimate children, and a royal family quietly crumbling beneath decades of secrets.

At the center of it all stands Long Chengyi, his only legitimate son: the perfect Crown Prince born from a beloved Queen who died giving him life. Brilliant, beautiful, and raised from birth to inherit everything beneath Heaven, Chengyi appears to be the flawless future ruler his kingdom has been waiting for.

But behind the closed doors of the Eastern Palace lies a forbidden side of Chengyi no one was ever meant to discover-a hidden identity, an impossible love, and a truth more dangerous than any conspiracy against the throne: the heir chosen by Heaven has never wanted to become King.

When his strangely changed father offers him something no one has ever offered before-the right to choose his own life-Chengyi must decide how much he is willing to sacrifice for freedom. For the man born to inherit everything beneath Heaven may have to lose everything before he can finally belong to himself.