My Little White Lotus Helps Me Fight the Inner-Quarters Battles

Although Zhou Chenqi has always kept himself respectable, and has money but no power, there is no shortage of people with ulterior motives trying to foist all sorts of beauties on him. At first, he refused them all. That was until he was forced to marry a male spouse who was constantly trying to take his life. Zhou Chenqi had no choice but to change tactics: He accepted anyone who came his way, and stirred up trouble in the rear courtyard whenever he had the chance, giving his male spouse something to deal with so he would have no time to bother him. Sure enough, the people in the rear courtyard were busy fighting among themselves. Zhou Chenqi was happy to stay out of it, and his days gradually settled down. Until one day, a young male favorite was foisted on him, and his life slowly descended into chaos again... According to the fellow himself, he was a freshly trained courtesan from the biggest brothel in the capital, with first-rate professional skills (?). He was eager to put what he had learned to the test on Zhou Chenqi. Zhou Chenqi scoffed. Still, Zhou Chenqi decided to keep him, because aside from his first-rate brothel skills, his talent for stirring up trouble was not to be underestimated. Zhou Chenqi had planned to toss this rat droppings into the pot and give it a stir, hoping to make an even bigger mess. But he never expected that one day this fellow would stir up his heart, too. Warnings: The protagonist is a handful, the supporting characters are a handful, and everyone is an expert at causing trouble. Childbirth. A dazzling seductress, delicate and soft, useless at everything, greedy for money, an incomparable white lotus, an absolute sissy and weak shou. A gong who is polite, gentle, tolerant, magnanimous, and open-minded on the surface, but petty and vindictive underneath.