[Handsome and sent to the city lord’s residence by his mother, he nearly gets turned straight by the city lord’s primary husband!]
Lou Mengnü was originally a registrar at the prefectural office. Clever and capable, he excelled at paperwork and mathematics, and had beautiful handwriting. But in the end, this job could never free him from the chains of being born a man.
He had six older brothers, and since the family had no daughters, his mother sent her jade-beautiful son to serve as a husband to An Tianxia, the newly enthroned city lord, hoping to secure the family’s prosperity by attaching themselves to the city lord’s household.
But two other handsome men, Lin Huanhuan and Su Nianghun, entered the household alongside him, and both rivaled him in beauty.
In this world where women hold men in subjection, men must depend on women to survive. Women handle affairs beyond the home and wield power over the nation, while men manage the household and keep to their place within the inner chambers. Most spend their lives confined to their own small corner, with little hope of ever making something of themselves.
They, too, have plenty of grievances. No matter how great their ambitions, they can only take a back seat. Born male, they can only blame an unfair fate.
After entering the household, Lou Mengnü becomes An Tianxia’s favorite. But as a husband in name only, that is not what he truly wants. He wants to forge a path of his own.
Whenever he feels disheartened and on the verge of breaking down, his father’s words echo in his ears: “Then just stay alive. Your father has enough money set aside to support you in old age.”
