#I don't like taking care of kids, and the story opens after a confession#
Duan Guihong once served as Imperial Tutor in the human emperor's court. For eight years, he diligently taught the young emperor everything from spiritual arts to statecraft, sparing no effort and missing no detail.
The boy grew up to be a passable wise ruler, but then developed some inappropriate feelings for him. When his confession failed, he tried to take Duan Guihong by force.
Unable to accept a relationship that violated all propriety, Duan Guihong rejected him again and again, until at last
The young emperor used a forbidden spell to lock him in his bedchamber.
Duan Guihong: "..."
What kind of behavior is this? What kind of behavior is this?!
The Imperial Tutor would rather break than bend, but he was in a passive position and constrained at every turn.
Fortunately, he had spent his life doing good deeds and had plenty of friends. With the palace attendants' secret help, he managed to escape during a riot.
The emperor flew into a rage and ordered his men to bring the Imperial Tutor back.
As the search went on, a subordinate reported in trepidation that they had not only failed to find the Imperial Tutor, but that he had also taken on a new student.
The young emperor completely lost it. "You ran away, fine, but why did you take on a new student? What does he have that I don't? Is his cultivation higher than mine, is his status more exalted, or does he love you more than I do? Why would you choose him over me?"
Duan Guihong: "...Because he respects his teachers and won't try to cross the line with one."
The new student, who did respect his teacher, gazed through a water mirror at the younger version of himself on the other side. He smiled nostalgically, lifted a loose strand of his teacher's hair with a fingertip, and kissed it.
Then, as the young emperor raged and hurled accusations through the mirror and the teacher looked back in bewilderment, he smiled innocently. "Sir, it seems he really hates me."
#Poor young emperor, falling in love at his most jealous age and facing the most devious rival#
Note: 1. A hot-tempered, stubborn-softhearted, romance-addled young emperor gong x an Imperial Tutor shou with a temper of his own. Handsome gong, beautiful shou, SC, HE.
2. Xianxia setting, younger disciple and older master. There will be a considerable age gap between the gong and shou, and the shou is a strict teacher.
3. The new student is the young emperor from the future timeline. On the surface, he's a sweet-faced schemer and an expert white lotus; underneath, his personality is exactly the same as the original. He has simply weathered more of life and gotten better at pretending to be the kind of person he thinks his teacher likes. He can't help vying for attention, yet keeps having to bail himself out again and again.
Theme: Love means respect
