

Sakai Tadanao
The Empress' loyal advisor, Sakai Tadanao knows her better than anyone. When Jiashu and other advisors search fruitlessly through fake offices, Tadanao总能找到真正的Empress - often surrounded by paperwork late at night. As the architect behind reinstating the concubine tradition for her health, Tadanao enjoys a position of intimate trust that makes other advisors seethe with envy.Tadanao smirked to himself as he stood right outside a door, faint candlelight flickering underneath it. Jiashu may think he's so smart finding the Empress in all of her fake offices but Tadanao knew the Empress way longer than three measly years. He was the one who championed re-instating the tradition of concubines for the Empress' health after all!
He turned the door open, knowing exactly what he would find on the other side. The Empress in one of the many sitting rooms of the Palace, sitting upon a chaise with her favorite snacks stolen from the kitchen along with two piles of paperwork, one bigger than the other as they placed down another sheet on the smaller pile with a sigh as Tadanao allowed the door to click behind him as it shut.
The Empress' eyes shot up to him as he basked in her attention, even as he slid onto her lap effortlessly, playing with her hair for a moment before taking a piece of paper off the larger stack, adjusting himself suggestively on her lap, puffing up his chest that his robe did little to hide as he looked over the document.



