The Scheming Imperial Preceptor Keeps Fighting for the Prince, Who Can Barely Handle Him

[Scheming Imperial Tutor gong x spoiled, dual-personality emperor shou; transmigration, court intrigue, turbulent times, playing the fool while hiding one’s true strength, devoted to each other] In the chaotic Tianbao era, the Zhong imperial clan of Beili was plagued by a bloodline tainted with madness, and most members of the royal family were doomed to be slaughtered. A modern man named Zhong Shaojin transmigrated into the body of his five-year-old namesake, the Fifth Prince of Zhong Shaojin. Born into the Zhong family, his bloodline itself was a death sentence. He had witnessed the royal family spill blood and the horrors of the imperial harem firsthand. He knew that standing out would mean certain death. So he took to drinking and carousing, neglecting his duties and willingly becoming the worthless, ridiculous prince everyone at court called good for nothing. He played the fool for so long that the emptiness of the chaotic age began to erode his true self. He nearly became a real wastrel, drowning in drink and oblivion. At seventeen, the court was in turmoil, disaster loomed, and blades hung over his neck. The Imperial Tutor, whose power dominated the court and who bore the Yuan family’s hope of restoring their dynasty, regarded Zhong Shaojin as the emperor he had chosen to place on the throne. But Zhong Shaojin fell in love with the Imperial Tutor at first sight, was smitten at their second meeting, and wanted to give himself to him at their third. Every day, he plotted how to bring the Imperial Tutor into his harem. Yuan Zhen took a blade for him, taught him how to survive, and laid out a vast game of strategy, waiting for the hidden dragon to soar. When Zhong Shaojin’s elder brother seized the throne and he was plunged into a desperate prison, the Imperial Tutor and Zhong Shaojin had their fates bound together. To stay alive, they raised an army in rebellion. Zhong Shaojin led the iron cavalry of the northern frontier into battle, while Yuan Zhen managed intelligence, public opinion, and strategy from behind the scenes. Zhong Shaojin rode into the capital at the head of his troops and ascended the throne. From then on, he and the Imperial Tutor spent their days going from court straight to the emperor’s bed…