The First Emperor Won't Clear His Name [Ying Zheng X Han Fei]

Han Fei was a prince of Han and a strategist for Qin.

To help the one he loved unite the Six Kingdoms, he ended up alienating everyone around him.

In the end, he discovered that he was nothing more than a pawn in that man's schemes.

When the birds are gone, the good bow is put away.

His unwavering devotion earned him not Ying Zheng's eternal love, but endless suspicion, imprisonment, and humiliation.

In the end, he severed the fingers that played the qin, disfigured his jade-like face, and ended his short, miserable life with a cup of poisoned wine.

Reborn, the once brilliant young lord Fei became Xu Fu, a ruthless alchemist.

He renounced love and slipped into the Qin palace.

He swore to raise his spear, draw his sword, and assassinate the King of Qin, overthrow the Qin dynasty, and avenge the betrayal and destruction of his kingdom in his previous life.

He fed the king one poisonous golden pill every night, and at last waited until the King of Qin lost his mind, became bestial, and was on the verge of having his meridians burst.

And yet...

The King of Qin, out of his mind, clutched Han Fei's memorial tablet and wept as if mourning his own parents.

The King of Qin, overcome by his bestial nature, pinned him beneath himself, gentle and tender, yet awkward and at a loss.

Han Fei: ...So what went wrong?

No. 1

Ying Zheng: "The whole court refuses to believe you're an immortal who has attained the Way, but I am willing to believe you. As long as, as long as you can bring Han Fei back to me, whole and unharmed."

Xu Fu: "Your Majesty, I cannot."

No. 2

Ying Zheng: "Junfang, Junfang, are you my A-Fei?"

Xu Fu: "Your Majesty, I am not."

No. 3

Ying Zheng: "Han Fei, I know you've come back. Give me back the A-Fei I used to know. Please, give him back to me."

Xu Fu: "Your Majesty, I..."

Ying Zheng took one of his slender, pale feet and knelt on one knee, kissing the top of it reverently. "Don't deny it again, all right?"

"The sea once seen can never again seem water; apart from Mount Wu, no clouds can compare."

"Love and hate, waking and dreaming, are half entwined; I ask not for immortal fate, only for you."

Highlights

① Reborn Junfang (Han Fei) can use illusions, and makes Brother Zheng completely lose his head (No!)

② A sick (wicked), charming, sinister (brooding), and ruthless emperor top x an immortal (icy), ethereal (mountain-like), Daoist (maidenly), and noble (kingly) young lord bottom. A groveling pursuit of his love, with a little angst for spice. Happy ending.

③ An obsessive-compulsive streak, just to round out the list.

Theme: Rule the country according to the law