I Dumped Him and Ran, Only to Get Caught Red-Handed by the Emperor

Su Bai transmigrated to the Liang Dynasty and became a low-ranking tribute escort officer.

He's gay, and his lifelong dream is to find a boyfriend who's tall, long-legged, and has an eight-pack, with a face that doesn't disappoint. It'd be even better if he had a little money, so Su Bai wouldn't have to be such a corporate slave.

But he searched everywhere nearby and found nothing but ugly men. Not one of them caught his eye.

Sigh!

All he could do was use the filthy thoughts in his head to draw the erotic comics he serialized.

Then one day, while out gathering inspiration, he found an unconscious man.

The man's eyes were injured, but he was fair and beautiful, with a slim waist and long legs. He was exactly Su Bai's type.

Su Bai's heart leaped with joy: A beauty has practically fallen into my lap... Is it too much to ask him to be my boyfriend for a few days in exchange for saving his life?

He switched into "flirtatious little minx" mode, cuddling and hugging the man in his sickbed every day, taking the opportunity to rub his belly and hold his hand, until the man finally fell for him.

After one wild night, Su Bai snuck away at dawn the next day, holding his sore back and limping.

He left two strings of big mangoes and a note out of politeness: [The size doesn't fit. Never see you again!]

After that, he told everyone he met: When looking for a partner, you can't just go by looks.

*

Maybe he'd angered the heavens. Su Bai had gone through all the men in the city and still hadn't found anyone he liked.

This wouldn't do! The feng shui here was terrible. He needed to look elsewhere.

When the new emperor ascended the throne, Su Bai started submitting memorials every few days to make sure he stayed on the emperor's radar: [Your Majesty, do you eat mangoes? The mangoes from Lingnan are huge and sweet.]

The emperor had been in a bad mood lately and, for some reason, especially couldn't stand mangoes.

[No!!!] He added three exclamation marks to his vermilion reply.

Su Bai wouldn't give up and kept submitting memorials.

After being asked more than a dozen times, the emperor lost his temper and wrote with a flourish: "Ask again, and I'll have you beheaded and plant mangoes on your grave."

Su Bai readily changed the subject to another fruit: [Then... what about lychees?]

The emperor laughed in exasperation and flipped through the memorial. A slightly risqué drawing fell out.

"Issue an order," the emperor commanded. "Summon Su Bai to the capital at once."

*

The day Su Bai appeared before the emperor, he looked up and stopped breathing: Th-that, th-that isn't the guy whose size didn't fit!

His lower back suddenly began to ache, and panic seized him: Good, good, at least his eyes were injured. He should, probably, maybe not recognize me, right?

On the throne, the young emperor smiled faintly. Heh. I've been hunting for you for over half a year, and you just walked right into my hands!

*

After Xiao Che became emperor, he sent people everywhere to find the little liar who'd deceived him, made him fall in love, and slept with him.

He lied to me. I put up with it.

He made me gay. I put up with that too.

But he said I wasn't big enough. That I can't tolerate.

Even if I have to search all of Liang, I will find him and pin him back onto the bed, then measure him inch by inch.

Upcoming novel: The Prodigal

Wen Yang is a liar.

The kind of liar who smiles and calls you darling, then turns around and sells you off.

He's deceived many people. Until he got into trouble and was thrown into the death cell.

Later, someone handed him a portrait.

The person in the portrait looked nearly identical to him.

"From this day on, you are the hostage prince of Liang. Go back to Liang in his place."

Wen Yang looked at the portrait and smiled.

He'd never played such a valuable role in his life.

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