Did the Imperial Uncle Blow His Cover Today?

Chronically slacking off, occasionally pursuing his ambitions, and always talking nonsense x sickly-sweet, tearful, unhinged, sweet on the outside and dark on the inside younger man

Disguise as a man, identity revealed | pseudo-incest

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Zhao Heng was born with the destiny of a crown prince, but without the body to match. The only imperial son of Great Sheng, the noble Prince Jin...is actually a woman.

In her previous life, after Zhao Heng was defeated in battle, the nephew she had taken in more than ten years earlier, Lu Ming, came to escort her to the capital for trial. As Zhao Heng was dying, she vaguely heard Lu Ming scream in her ear, "Zhao Yanzhi, you dare to die!"

...You little brat, why wouldn't I dare to die?

Heaven promptly played another joke on Zhao Heng: she was reborn, back to the time ten years earlier when she had just taken Lu Ming in.

Zhao Heng gets up in the middle of the night, determined to strangle Lu Ming.

The Lu Ming of today isn't yet the later Marquis of Beian, who will seize control of the court and run wild. He's only a pitiful little boy curled up under the covers, staring at her with big, dark eyes and calling her Imperial Uncle in fear.

As Zhao Heng hesitates, thunder rumbles outside the window.

...Looks like killing a child will get you struck by lightning.

Since she can't bring herself to do it, Zhao Heng decides that this time, no matter what, she'll steer Lu Ming away from the wrong path.

The good news: she succeeds.

The bad news: she overdoes it and turns him "gay"...

Grown-up Lu Ming blocks the doorway to Zhao Heng's bedroom, staring at her drunkenly, a strangely gloomy chill in his eyes.

"It's the middle of the night. Shouldn't you be asleep? What are you doing...!"

Lu Ming suddenly grabs her hand and, in a flagrant act of defiance, kisses her.

"...How do you and the Princess Consort do those things? Imperial Uncle, teach your nephew..."

A flirtatious "prince" who only wants to lie flat and stay alive this time around accidentally raises a scheming little brat whose great ambition is to rise above his station.

Through a series of misunderstandings, she raises her perfectly good nephew into a "homosexual." When Zhao Heng figures out which sleeve Lu Ming is partial to, she can only regret not hitting him harder back then.

Disguised as a man, possessive younger man.

Your gender, my orientation.

Content warning:

For the sake of the plot, the female lead is referred to as "he" in Chapter 1. From Chapter 2 onward, she is referred to as "she."

Theme: Finding a way out when all seems lost