A laid-back man forced to stir up the court × a cold-faced Regent who pretends to be weak while plotting
Two male leads | Secret identities | Both devoted only to each other | Equally matched | The pursuer’s long road to redemption
Modern-day assassin Xun Yaozhou transmigrates and becomes a male consort to the emperor.
He has his priorities straight: no power struggles, no getting involved. He just wants to collect enough gold and silver and enjoy a comfortable retirement in ancient times.
But the cold-faced Regent, whose power dominates the court and makes every official tremble, sees through the strength Xun Yaozhou keeps hidden.
Whenever he’s around Xun Yaozhou,
he instantly turns into a helpless invalid: too weak to lift a hand, needing support to walk, and acting so delicate you’d think he couldn’t manage without him.
Later, Xiao Qiyuan’s Gu poison flares up.
With the world’s finest physicians powerless to help, Xun Yaozhou takes a dangerous gamble and uses forbidden magic to suppress the poison. In a single night, his black hair turns completely white.
Unexpectedly, Xun Yaozhou stumbles upon the whole truth: one letter after another, one scheme after another, every word a stab to the heart.
The tenderness was all fake, the dependence all an act. From beginning to end, he was nothing but a pawn, his sincere feelings thrown to the dogs. His heart turns completely cold.
Unwilling to remain entangled, Xun Yaozhou stages his own death and slips away, vanishing into the martial world to live freely beyond its reach, never to set foot in court again.
Meanwhile, the Regent goes mad in his manor for three years. At last, he abandons the court and searches the world over for one thing...
He will do whatever it takes to win back the man he used and drove away. This time, he’ll bow his head and let Xun Yaozhou have his way with him.
[Bonus Scene]
Xiao Qiyuan wraps his arms around Xun Yaozhou’s waist from behind and gently rubs his nose against his neck. “Yao, you’re the only one willing to help me.”
Xun Yaozhou reaches back and pinches his cheek. “Save it. Once this is over, you’d better fill my whole room with gold and silver.”
