Two male leads + female couple as the secondary pairing
[Powerful Regent x Puppet Emperor Xiao Yan + obsessive love + mutual surrender + political intrigue + younger man + both leads sexually inexperienced]
Warning: The secondary pairing is a GL couple. Avoid if that’s not your thing.
One-line synopsis:
The all-powerful Regent imprisons the young emperor in the inner palace. He thinks he has tamed an obedient cat, never realizing that he is gradually becoming a prisoner in the cage himself.
Plot synopsis:
Xiao Yan, a fifteen-year-old prince exiled to the Cold Palace, is placed on the throne by the Regent, Shen Zhao, and made a powerless puppet emperor. Forceful and domineering, Shen Zhao uses “tutoring” as an excuse to control him. From reviewing memorials to bedtime, he closes in step by step, keeping Xiao Yan firmly in his grasp.
On the surface, Xiao Yan is obedient, but in secret he lays his plans with astonishing skill. He wins over the female general Zhao Lingyue and sends her to the northern frontier, turns Shen Zhao’s younger sister Shen Qingwan to his side, and sharpens his edge in the depths of despair with the help of the Cold Palace’s hidden guards. Between Xiao Yan and Shen Zhao, ruler and subject contend, testing and pulling at each other.
