Li Ke stood on Chunxi Road in the southern part of the city, watching the crowds stream by, his heart burning with frustration.
Recently, people had been spreading rumors about him, claiming that Li Ke, the second son of Minister Li, and Lu Cheng, the young son of the court's loyal censor, had fallen in love over time and were secretly seeing each other. They even said the two spent every day in bed together, wrapped in each other's arms, and might soon elope! The lies were so convincing that plenty of people believed them, including his own father! It was enough to drive him mad. If he weren't one of the people involved, he might almost have believed it himself! Admittedly, Li Ke was gay, and he and Lu Cheng had grown up together as childhood friends, but even a gay man had his own taste in men!
