Two years after the new emperor ascended the throne, the position of empress remained vacant, leaving the entire court anxious. It was rumored that the emperor had a beloved, a white moonlight in his heart, who had died two years ago after taking an arrow meant for him during a rebellion.
From then on, His Majesty seemed to go mad.
Then, while traveling incognito, he unexpectedly encountered someone.
A beauty cradled a child in his arms, smiling gently with even more charm than before. "Shall we go home and find Daddy?" But the moment he saw the emperor, all color drained from his face, and he recoiled as if from a venomous snake.
The emperor, who had not smiled in two years, slowly curled his lips. He raised a hand and ordered the thatched cottage burned down, then seized another man's wife.
He locked the man up, pinning him to the bed as he tormented him with affection until dawn. Even then, he pinched his soft cheek and demanded a kiss, so furious he nearly ground his teeth to dust.
"Brother, your little stable boy has become emperor. Will you look at me now?"
"Whose bastard is that?"
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A few years ago, Lan Qishi discovered that he was living inside a storybook.
He was the vicious cannon-fodder older brother of the future tyrant.
He was spoiled and shallow, a flirt who had nothing but good looks. When Xiao Ying was down on his luck, Lan Qishi humiliated him in every way imaginable. Slapping him, making him fetch water for foot baths, and massaging his shoulders and legs were all routine.
When Xiao Ying ascended the throne, Lan Qishi would be tortured to death. But Heaven told him it would help him fake his death and escape at the crucial moment.
The beauty hesitated, uncertain, for a long while. In the end, he could only raise his hand and slap the other man. His voice was coquettish as he gave a soft huff. "Y-You wretched slave...! Does it hurt?"
Xiao Ying, the last prince of the dynasty, was then living under an assumed name and serving as a stable boy in Lan Qishi's household.
He had no idea what had upset the young master this time. The other man's fingers suddenly skimmed his cheek like a cat's scratch. His face flushed with the look of someone being bullied, his eyes glistening with tears. Wherever his wide sleeves passed, his fragrance made the world spin.
The man's gloomy expression went blank in an instant, and his body stiffened uncontrollably.
Brother is acting strange today. His words are sarcastic, but is he actually concerned about me?
...And he touched my face?
"A reward from my elder brother naturally doesn't hurt."
From that day on, Xiao Ying's motivation to keep living was his brother's "rewards."
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A foolish beauty trying hard to act wicked x a gloomy younger tyrant
Both leads are each other's first and only
The child belongs to both leads
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