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Ten years ago, Xiang Congxin went to the capital to sit for the imperial examinations. He accidentally wandered into the Xingfeng House and found a male slave who had nearly been beaten to death. Feeling sorry for him, Xiang waved a hand and squandered the five hundred taels of silver his family had given him to buy the man's freedom.
His wastrel friends asked, "Young Master Xiang, so that's your type?"
Xiang Congxin laughed. "Oh, it's just for fun!"
He happened to need someone to do odd jobs and look after his house. Little did he expect the male slave to obey his every order and arrange everything perfectly.
The man was incredibly strong, literate, and exceptionally gifted. He might even become a court official someday.
Looking at his slender frame, Xiang Congxin sighed, then waved a hand again. "Forget it, you can go! I won't keep you here anymore. You're free!"
Not long after, Xiang Congxin left the capital and returned to his hometown, where he went on being a spoiled young master. If he took a fancy to someone's calligraphy or paintings, or to a new song by some famous courtesan, he would light a river lantern and send it floating down the Jiangnan waterways. Whenever anyone asked him about it, he would say, "Oh, it's just for fun!"
He left without saying goodbye, never imagining that the male slave would keep searching for him.
Ten years later, Xiang Congxin returned to the capital to sit for the imperial examinations, seeking revenge for the murder of his family.
There, he accidentally encountered the famous general of the current dynasty, Dan Wei.
But when Xiang Congxin saw Dan Wei's face, he was scared out of his wits.
Th-this can't be...
Dan Wei stared at him as if he wanted to pierce straight through him.
After a long moment, Dan Wei reined in his horse in front of him and asked, "How do you want to play?"
Xiang Congxin: What?!?!
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The minister and the general remove their armor,
And spend a spring night in a warm lotus-patterned bedchamber.
A moment of springtime is worth a thousand gold,
The general instead helps His Majesty become emperor.
The nation's beloved moonlight bottom vs. a brooding, unstable top
An orphan of the previous dynasty, a beautiful and ambitious bottom who hides his strength and bides his time vs. a victorious-in-every-battle, fiercely loyal attack dog of a top
1v1, both sexually inexperienced and each other's first love; a shirker and a pretty face in bed, adversaries outside it
Theme: Every day brings something new, and every year brings abundance
