A Moment of Pleasure

Su Jiaoyue, the youngest and most pampered son of the Grand Secretary's household, was a celebrated beauty in the capital. After a little spat with the Ninth Prince, he casually chose a newly named second-place palace examination graduate as his husband.

Shen Juan was born to a poor family and had studied diligently for over a decade. When he was named second in the palace examinations, he was ready to devote himself to the crumbling dynasty and make his mark. Instead, in the blink of an eye, he was carried into the Grand Secretary's manor as a live-in son-in-law.

Everyone said he had hit the jackpot: he had married into a powerful family with influence over the court and gained a charming, pampered young master as his wife.

He, too, had once offered up his heart, carefully trying to preserve this “heaven-sent match.”

But after they married, Su Jiaoyue continued to carry on with the Ninth Prince. Shen Juan knew his place was lowly, so he swallowed his anger and pretended not to notice.

Until the day he walked in on Su Jiaoyue and Pei Jianshen in his study...

Shen Juan turned to leave, but a low, amused chuckle came from behind him. The Ninth Prince's clothes were half undone, his gaze winding around the back of Shen Juan's neck. “Lord Shen, I'm the one who got caught in the act. Why are you running away in such a panic?”

This decadent, rotting age is inevitably heading toward its end. A night of indulgence, then the war drums sound.

Reader's Guide:

· Pei Jianshen x Shen Juan

· The gong changes from top to bottom. Shen is the top when he's with Su, but later becomes the bottom when he gets together with Pei.

· Unhinged Alpha top (with a genuine hereditary mental illness) x seemingly honest Beta bottom

· Historical-style ABO: A = Tianqian, B = Zhongyong, O = Di Kun

· There is a secondary couple: Si Que Ming x Pei Ye.

· Everyone is a villain, a bunch of lunatics. The bottom also goes from normal to increasingly unhinged.

· Set in a fictional world, with some background inspired by the chaos of the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties. Most of it is entirely invented, and the dynastic systems are a hodgepodge. Don't scrutinize the historical details or read it as history.

· A morally chaotic story with plenty of potential triggers. Readers with many deal-breakers should steer clear.

Theme: People are born with a passion for love.