The Sickly One

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Shangguan Chen is a visitor from the future who transmigrates into books to complete missions. One day, he transmigrates into the Great Yuan Kingdom as a sickly regent.

The kind of person a gust of wind could knock over.

Normally, he not only has to exhaust himself handling state affairs, but also find time to fight corrupt officials.

The corrupt official holds immense power and nearly rules the court single-handedly. Even though he and Shangguan Chen clash fiercely, he never actually does anything to him.

Not only does he fuss over Shangguan Chen and take devoted care of him, he even occasionally visits the Shangguan residence in the middle of a rainy night.

Shangguan Chen: "..." He's going to all this trouble to get close to me. He must want something.

They trade barbs in court, but as soon as court is over, Dongfang Yin changes his tune. He tugs at Shangguan Chen's sleeve, smiling warmly. "Tonight... shall I come to your residence?"

Shangguan Chen flicks his sleeve, his expression unchanged. "It's rather strange for the chancellor to keep making overtures to his political enemy. Tell me, what are you after?"

Dongfang Yin twirls a lock of black hair on his shoulder. His dark eyes brim with menace. "I'm after you. Is that not allowed?"

Shangguan Chen: "!!!"

Bonus scene:

Shangguan Chen regards the treacherous villain before him with righteous indignation. "Dongfang Yin, you've been a scoundrel for years. Today, I'll put an end to you!"

Dongfang Yin smiles wickedly and curls his lips, softly uttering a few words. "It's not certain who'll put an end to whom."

A few years later, Dongfang Yin pins Shangguan Chen in a corner. Shangguan Chen scolds him in flustered outrage. "You... you... how dare you!"

Dongfang Yin grins mischievously. "There's something even more outrageous you haven't seen yet."

Shangguan Chen's brows knit coldly. "You take advantage of my frailty and exploit me when I'm vulnerable. That's no way for a gentleman to behave."

Dongfang Yin studies Shangguan Chen, then smiles for no apparent reason. "I'm no gentleman, so your rules don't apply to me. Besides... whether you're frail or not, there's only one way to find out."

Shangguan Chen: "...!!!"

Sickly regent, bottom x Chancellor, top

PS: An alternate-history setting, court intrigue and nobility, pure, pure, pure romance

This story is also known as "Falling Gravely Ill and Meeting You." Another lovely danmei story. Hope you enjoy it~~~ Mwah

Content warning:

The story features a System, a System~~

Completed historical danmei: "The Whole Martial World Knows the Sect Leader Spoils His Own"

Cheng Qiang is the handsome and exceptionally dashing leader of the White Bone Sect, the most notorious evil sect in the martial world. His temperament is dreadful. If things don't go his way, he goes berserk, raising hell across the martial world. When he's really worked up, he might even stab himself a couple of times. Yet this mad beauty treats his adopted nephew, the spoiled brat Zhu Qi, differently from everyone else.

Even when he's so mad he doesn't recognize his own parents, he wouldn't lay a finger on Zhu Qi. Everyone in the White Bone Sect is used to this oddity, assuming Cheng Qiang is simply a devoted elder who cherishes the younger generation.

Zhu Qi is the bratty nephew of the leader of the White Bone Sect, the most notorious evil sect in the martial world. Born wild and impossible to control, he manages to rein himself in a little only when he's around his mad uncle.

Everyone says Cheng Qiang is a one-in-a-million good uncle. Only Zhu Qi knows that this so-called good uncle drags him out of bed to practice swordsmanship late at night, and gives him a beating if he doesn't do well.

What a one-in-a-million good uncle! It's all an act! An act!!

But Zhu Qi never expected that one day his mad uncle would slaughter his way through the world for his sake, becoming a complete lunatic.

Bonus scene:

Cheng Qiang gazes at Zhu Qi in the candlelight with a faint smile, the corner of his mouth curling seductively. "Everyone in the sect says I dote on you and make a good uncle. What do you think?"

Zhu Qi grins and immediately comes up with a flattering reply. "Of course. I've thought so ever since I was little."

"Now that this adopted uncle-nephew relationship doesn't count anymore..." Cheng Qiang steps forward and lifts Zhu Qi's chin. His eyes are a turbulent storm of wild emotion, like a leopard that's been lying in wait for a long time. "Why don't we try a different relationship? We could be husband and wife. What do you say?"

Zhu Qi is so shocked he turns to stone on the spot. "!!!!!!!" I thought of you as an elder, but you want me for my body? You deserve a beating!

Mad sect leader, top x stubborn Zhu Qi, bottom

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