Male lead: Zhao Litang / Zhao Yueshuang, son / daughter of a Ministry of Works official, sixteen in his previous life and fifteen in this one. A fake refined young lady, with a beautiful appearance and a dark, calculating mind. Skilled in martial arts, at home both on land and at sea, and possessed of a special marine bloodline. Has the ability to heal his own body and, after reaching physical maturity, freely choose his gender.
Male lead: Xiao Jiao, courtesy name Mingze, Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, twenty-two years old. A genuinely pure-hearted prince, a little tsundere and easily embarrassed. With the Emperor and Empress deeply in love, the heir apparent chosen long ago, and the royal family harmonious, he longs for a lifelong partnership with just one person, partly because of his own hidden condition: he is intersex.
As the only daughter of a Ministry of Works official in public, but actually his only son, Zhao Litang (Zhao Yueshuang) has spent more than thirty years as his mother's only child. After getting rid of his reputation as a pretty airhead, all he wants is to hurry up and marry the truly talented and beautiful woman, or man, known as Dongdu's number one, and bring them home to warm his bed.
Xiao Jiao lives up to his name and the Empress's expectations: he is a radiant young gentleman. The only thing that gives the Emperor and Empress a headache is that their son refuses to marry no matter what, becoming Dongdu's most notorious bachelor.
The Emperor and Empress: Please, Heaven, send us a child-in-law! We don't care if it's a man or a woman. Just let it be a person!
A match made across a thousand miles, a successful scheme brings them together as husband and wife.
This is expected to be a short story, around 20 chapters. I'm posting about three chapters' worth of my usual word count to see how it goes, so don't wait for a big backlog, little cuties. Tell me early how much you like this story! With enough bookmarks and comments, maybe you'll get to see a chapter binge. If there's not much response, updates will be whenever I feel like it. I've also got two other stories to work on, haha.
Theme: Loving someone means loving that person, nothing more. Their age and gender don't matter.
