[Tags] Sweet Romance in a Foreign Land | Daily Life in the Prince's Manor | Alternate Setting | Two Male Leads | 1v1
[Characters]
**Li Chengjing**
The pride of the Jingnan Prince's Manor, a young general who crossed swords through the eighteen prefectures of Hexi.
A cold-faced demon in public, a lovestruck heir in private.
**Ashina Lanqi**
Loulan's brightest jewel, a Western Regions eagle forced to have its wings clipped. On the surface, he's a pretty hostage of little use, but in truth, he's a wild and unruly sand fox.
From the warmth of a hand beneath a Hu Xuan dance to sharing wine at a beacon tower,
watch how the cold-faced general lets the Western Regions' rose prick his hands until they bleed, and still gladly bears it.
**[A Midnight Visit to the Scented Curtains]**
The watchman had barely struck three times at midnight when the familiar golden bells rang by the window.
"Breaking into someone's study at the third watch. Is this how they study the Book of Rites in Loulan?" The heir deliberately touched the tip of his cinnabar brush to the man's collarbone, watching its vivid color bloom across his snowy skin.
But the little sand fox suddenly leaned in and bit the brush handle. His gray-blue eyes reflected the dancing candlelight. "The people of the Central Plains say a red sleeve keeps the incense burning. In Loulan..." His warm breath drew near. "We untie our belts and pass on the classics."
Li Chengjing: Won't you catch a chill?
Lanqi: ಠ_ಠ
Li Chengjing: You're cold already? See, I told you you'd catch a chill.
Lanqi: ^ _ ^ Why, thank you, kind sir.
