[Aloof, Thin-Skinned Beauty Bottom × Shameless, Overpowered Emperor Top]
Wen Ren Jin rubbed his temples, uneasily wondering if he was just imagining things. Ever since the palace examination, he'd sensed that the emperor treated him rather unusually.
Did His Majesty intend to promote him? It didn't seem so. The current emperor was domineering and hired people without regard for convention. If he really wanted to promote Wen Ren Jin, why go about it in such a roundabout way?
Only later did Wen Ren Jin finally realize that the tyrant had no need to be so ambiguous and cautious with his subjects.
The emperor clearly wanted to find himself a wife!
An emperor bestowed rewards on his ministers as a way to win their service, but what did it mean to secretly prepare an extra reward in that hidden compartment, one different from everyone else's? They had a perfectly proper relationship as ruler and subject. What was His Majesty up to?!
Wen Ren Jin repeatedly refused. He came from an upright, distinguished family and had studied the classics since childhood. He'd worked hard to serve the ruler, but not so he could offer himself to the ruler!
The emperor said he understood, and finally backed off.
But then...
Wen Ren Jin's face flushed red. He stared, humiliated, at the obscene romance novels the emperor had forcibly sent to his residence.
The protagonist of the story wasn't just him. The other character was His Majesty!
In the book, Wen Ren Jin pushed the emperor away with an air of coy reluctance, while the emperor gazed at him tenderly and indulgently let him run away. The two whispered sweet nothings and grew intimate, until the heroic man finally persuaded the beauty to say yes...
Wen Ren Jin was so furious he couldn't even eat. How shameless! What about the royal family's reputation? He should have reported the author of that novel to the authorities...
But what if the outrageous author was His Majesty himself?
What if every suggestive scene in the book came true the very next day?
The Overpowered Hero had called the shots in the modern world. After transmigrating into a book as an emperor, he thought he'd reached the pinnacle of life. He never expected to face the hardships of ancient times: ravenous enemies from the previous dynasty, sinister schemes in the inner palace, and the need to defend the throne instead of conquering it, all while guarding against the original male lead's rebellion.
Still, the original male lead's love interest was so upright and proper that it was all worth it!
He coaxed Wen Ren Jin, watching as the man gradually grew more and more indulgent toward him, sometimes even letting him steal a kiss.
Tsk. A beauty in his arms and power in his hands.
Oh, and remember to throw the original top as far away as possible.
Before You Read:
1. This is a one-on-one romance. Both are each other's only partners, and both are strong characters.
2. The top is an Overpowered Hero who transmigrated into a book. He pins the original top's plotline on himself through the novels he writes.
3. Domineering, shameless, high-ranking, high-defense emperor top × Aloof, reserved, thin-skinned minister bottom
4. The stories are stories within the novel, and stories within those stories.
5. Please don't nitpick the historical details.
Theme: In love, the one who is loved holds the power
