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"You don't need a wife to decorate your throne," she whispered, her palms glowing with the cold, steady light of the North. "You need a pillar to help you hold up the sky."

The search terms you provided— (Imperial, Selection, Flibusta)—point toward a popular trope in Russian-language romantic fantasy: the "Imperial Selection" (where a ruler chooses a bride or groom through a series of trials). These books are frequently discussed or sought after on the Flibusta digital library. "You don't need a wife to decorate your

While there isn't a single "official" story with that exact title, the phrase usually refers to the subgenre of "Selection" novels (similar to The Selection by Kiera Cass). Since you're looking for a story, here is an original short tale written in that style: The Jade Rose Selection While there isn't a single "official" story with

Valerius, eyes like molten gold, stepped down from the dais. He didn't take her ribbon. Instead, he took her hand, and for the first time in decades, the palace floor stopped trembling. The Selection was over, but the reign of the Jade Rose had just begun. Instead, he took her hand, and for the

Elara, a minor noble from the frost-bitten Northern Marches, stood among thirty other women in the Great Hall. Each held a silken ribbon; hers was the color of a bruised plum. They weren't just there for their beauty; they were there because the Emperor, a man rumored to be more dragon than human, required a consort whose magic could stabilize the crumbling Heartstone of the realm. The trials were brutal:

: Navigating a labyrinth that shifted according to one’s deepest fears.