The Royal Discard Raised by an Older Lover

As a prince, Gu Baocheng was hidden away in the palace and raised as a girl until he was ten. He spent several years as crown prince, then died under a false accusation, bringing his life of fear and darkness to an end. After being reborn, Gu Baocheng had no idea what he was living for, yet he lacked the strength to die. He plotted to marry Marquis Wei Yan of Wuxuan as a princess and escape the palace. He knew that Wei Yan, whose name inspired awe across the land, would disappear on the battlefield two years later. Gu Baocheng feared violent men, especially Wei Yan, who was renowned throughout the realm for his cold-blooded brutality in war. He held his breath and treaded carefully, but the man who seemed most dangerous of all gave him the deepest, most indulgent affection. Later, Gu Baocheng feared nothing. The one thing he did fear was losing Wei Yan if his secret, that he was a man pretending to be a woman, came to light. Wei Yan had killed countless enemies, but his wife had been raised in the inner palace to be timid and sickly. He pitied his young wife and taught him to protect himself, always looking out for him. But Wei Yan never imagined that his seemingly obedient wife was actually a man, concealing the tremendous secret that a prince had been raised as a princess. Nor did Wei Yan ever imagine that his wife would ride through the night for a thousand miles to the battlefield, remove his helmet among thousands of soldiers, and reveal his youthful features, all to save him from danger. From then on, his wife became a prince. Wife or prince, it made no difference. He would ride alongside him and protect him all the way to the pinnacle of power. Everyone knew that the young emperor had the God of War, Marquis Wei Yan of Wuxuan, supporting him at every turn. After the new emperor's accession, the two seemed to be a wise ruler and a loyal minister, but rumors ran through the capital that Wei Yan had amassed too much power and would inevitably fall out with the emperor. But no one knew that every few days, Wei Yan would secretly summon a blind qin player. The musician wore a cloth over his eyes, and the curve of his lips was strikingly like the emperor's. Wei Yan stared at those lips, consumed by forbidden desire. Then an assassin broke into the marquis's residence, and beneath the musician's slipping headband appeared brows and eyes identical to those of the emperor beneath his crown. It was the face Wei Yan yearned for day and night. 1. A difference in build and age. The seme is ten years older than the uke. 2. After being reborn, the uke hates himself and the world. He has PTSD, and when triggered by trauma, he loses his speech and hearing and his whole body freezes. 3. The seme helps the uke heal, and the uke gradually emerges from the darkness and grows into a true emperor. My next book is coming soon. Click to bookmark it! "The True Prince and His Enemy Fall in Love" As an illegitimate son of the marquis's household, Tan Sheng was hated by his father and mother. Fortunately, after entering the official world, he won the emperor's favor and stirred up political storms with a smile and a sweep of his sleeve. The only person he feared was Lu Shuo, Marquis of Wuzhao. Born into a powerful family, Lu Shuo first unleashed bloodshed on the battlefield, then entered court to keep the officials in check. Lu Shuo was vicious and sinister. Like countless other officials, Tan Sheng hated and feared him. They had fought each other to the death for years, and Tan Sheng was sure he would eventually die at Lu Shuo's hands. But he never expected that the Sixth Prince would be the one to kill them. Only on the brink of death did Tan Sheng learn that he was the true prince. The so-called Sixth Prince was actually an illegitimate son born to a servant in the marquis's household, but through a twist of fate had been sent to the palace, raised in luxury, and showered with the emperor and empress's affection... Though Tan Sheng had seemed like a pillar of the realm, he had merely been a stepping stone for the Sixth Prince. The one consolation was that his nemesis, Lu Shuo, had also been driven into a dead end with him, like a stray dog... Tan Sheng was reborn back at the beginning. He stopped studying the emperor's mind and started raising dogs and growing flowers while plotting the political landscape, and even picked a man to amuse himself... The man he took a liking to was mute, his face hidden by dark iron armor. Broad-shouldered and long-legged, he both frightened and irresistibly attracted Tan Sheng... By day, he hid his fingertips in the sleeves of his court robes. At night, he bared himself and let go on the man's lap... Until the day he was poisoned by a love spell, with no one else to turn to but his nemesis, who looked at him with a smile. Tan Sheng: “I'd rather die than give in!” Lu Shuo sneered, then fondled him with familiar precision. Tan Sheng looked up in shock. The face he hated so much was wearing the very mask that drove him wild... Tan Sheng: “???” 1. Both seme and uke are reborn, with all their memories intact. They were bitter rivals in their past life; in this one, they love and fight each other. 2. A cool, almost lifeless uke who slays his way through the world x a seme who's cold and ruthless in public but turns into a dog in private. The uke is a heartthrob to everyone without realizing it. 3. Some court-politics ensemble elements. The uke has a family storyline, but the emotional push and pull is the focus, and the two will follow the main plot. Theme: Love can help people grow flesh and blood anew