[Both sexually exclusive] [Old fox goes mad with love] [Sweet, willful little princess x ruthless, scheming regent]
After the emperor and empress die, they entrust Shen Mushu with assisting the young emperor. The little emperor sends his elder sister a letter from a thousand miles away. Every word is anguished, telling her how Shen Mushu bullies him.
Wanning rushes back to the capital, determined to stand up for her younger brother! To stop Shen Mushu from bullying him, Wanning decides to send gifts! Expensive gifts! After all, people are reluctant to be hard on someone whose gifts they’ve accepted.
But... it fails!
The next day, her younger brother comes running over in tears again. "Sister, Uncle hit me!"
What? He dared to hit the emperor? Has he gone mad?
Wanning gathers up her skirts and rushes to the cabinet. "Shen Mushu, get out here! You accepted my gift, so how dare you keep bullying my little brother!"
The man, handsome as a carved jade, sets down his memorial and looks at the furious little princess with unhurried ease, a faint smile playing on his lips.
"By the gift you mentioned, do you mean that hibiscus-red bellyband?"
The old men in the cabinet: Have you no shame or sense of propriety?
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Her advisor comes up with another idea: Make Shen Mushu yours, turn him into your devoted servant, and he’ll have no choice but to listen.
Wanning thinks this makes perfect sense and tries every trick in the book to seduce him.
But... it fails again!
Fine. If she can’t win Shen Mushu over, Wanning will have to turn to the Pei family’s influence instead.
Before Wanning can take that step, Shen Mushu blocks the door.
"I’m no worse than that second son of the Pei family. Give me a chance, my darling!"
"Shen Mushu, you bastard!"
"You haven’t seen how much worse I can be, darling..."
A sweet romance, with an older, guiding lover. The heroine isn’t a naive, helpless damsel. (I don’t write cowards.)
Core theme: Live your life the way you want
