Shocking! The Madam Is a Man in Disguise

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He was the orphaned son of the former Crown Prince. He should have died on the night the Eastern Palace was purged, but fate took a strange turn and brought him to the Prince of Pingcheng's residence. There, he took the place of the prince's young daughter, Fu Zhaolan, who had recently died, and spent more than twenty years pretending to be a girl.

To avoid the trouble of arranging a marriage, the Prince of Pingcheng claimed that the young lady had been betrothed more than a decade earlier to the Marquis of Xin'an's household, which had since been stripped of its titles and property. Though the household was gone, she would still observe the lifelong widowhood of a woman whose betrothed died before their wedding, and never marry again.

Who could have known that the marquis's household would one day be exonerated, and that its young heir, Wei Yuanqin, who had been sent into servitude and was said to have died long ago on the southwestern frontier, would actually come B-A-C-K!

Wei Yuanqin returned to the capital to discover he had a wife: "...?"

A cunning, dissolute playboy top with an occasionally triggered dark side

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A gentle, aloof, cross-dressing beauty of a bottom (the gentleness and aloofness are just an act)

Ha! Turns out that sweet, obedient front is all an act. Who isn't ruthless behind closed doors?

[Content warnings and guide]

1. I love bottoms like this so much! I'm writing the story I want to read! The bottom was raised as a girl from childhood, so his personality is rather girlish.

There is a somewhat rambling side plot early on. The two leads have frequent interactions in the later chapters! Thanks for reading!

2. The bottom has an irresistible charm that draws everyone to him. The pacing is slow and gradual. Happy ending, both are virgins, one-on-one.

3. The writing is rough, and the political scheming isn't particularly clever. The setting is entirely fictional, so please don't overanalyze it.

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If you like cross-dressing bottoms, you might want to check out this other boys' love story:

How Did I End Up With My Archrival?

Here's the blurb. Visit the author's page to add it to your collection.

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Fu Mingxue and Liang Linqing are the bitterest of rivals. Each is a handsome, dignified gentleman on his own, but whenever they meet, they bicker and claw at each other, throwing all dignity out the window.

Liang Linqing can't stand Fu Jiangxue's long hair and indecisiveness. "You sissy!"

Fu Mingxue hates Liang Linqing's fake, two-faced act. "Hypocrite!"

Fu Mingxue once bit a chunk of flesh from Liang Linqing's shoulder, leaving him with a permanent scar.

Liang Linqing once viciously tore a bloodied clump of hair from Fu Mingxue's scalp, leaving a bald patch where the hair never grew back.

Their friends all know the two can't stand each other. They really can't stand each other, until a wager changes everything.

Fu Mingxue: "If you lose, you'll be my dog for two months. The kind that does what I say and barks when I tell it to. Got it?"

"Fine." Liang Linqing readily agreed. He rubbed his chin, considering his own wager. "Then if you lose, you'll be my girlfriend for two months."

He smiled playfully. "The kind that does what I say and barks when I tell it to. Got it?"

[Reader's guide] They get together before they fall in love. The bottom has long hair at first, but cuts it later. There are cross-dressing scenes.

(The author's tastes are no secret anymore... Almost every story of mine has to include some cross-dressing...)

****If you're interested, please add it to your collection. Love you all, mwah!***

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