Transmigrated as the Regent's Substitute Concubine

Recommending a new novel by my writer friend, Pea Pod Beandou: The Mad General Forces Me to Pretend to Be the Crown Prince. Come see how the crazy top gets tamed by the innocent, sweet bottom!

Song Xingzhou is a nobody of an actor, barely known beyond the eighteenth tier, but unexpectedly transmigrates into a book and becomes a concubine in a melodramatic Mary Sue historical novel. He's sent to the Prince Regent's residence to marry in place of his younger sister!!

Rumor has it the Prince Regent was wounded on the battlefield, left disabled and unable to perform as a man.

To save his own skin, Song Xingzhou clenches his fist and secretly sneaks into the study, presses himself against Xiao Ci's thigh, and starts playing the lovesick fool, his words dripping with devotion:

“Your Highness, you are as handsome and graceful as the bright moon in the heavens. This concubine is utterly smitten. May I warm your bed?”

As expected, Xiao Ci's face turns livid as he throws him out. Fighting back the urge to kill him, he says, “Get out.”

Song Xingzhou emerges unscathed. As long as he stays alive, that's all that matters. A concubine? He can do that. He's found a way to save his own skin.

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Until one day, he puts on that affected voice again and leans in, wrapping both arms around Xiao Ci's waist as he whispers in his ear: “Your Highness, may this concubine keep you company tonight?”

“Of course,” he says, hauling him over and pinning him on his lap. He hooks a finger into the sash around Song Xingzhou's waist and toys with it. “Your husband is cold in bed and needs someone to warm his quilt.”

Song Xingzhou breaks into a cold sweat: “...”

Why is the story going differently?!

The next day, feeling his trembling legs, Song Xingzhou regrets it all, his voice tinged with tears: “Rumors are misleading.”

*

The Prince Regent, who only likes men, has recently had something bothering him.

At first, he took her as a concubine only to reassure the deeply suspicious young emperor.

But later, her nightly teasing and her soft warmth in his arms left his heart in turmoil.

One day, during a sudden downpour in Chang'an, Xiao Ci spots a beautiful young woman taking shelter under the eaves across the street from a teahouse. He's about to call out to her when he sees her pull two lumps of “something” out of her clothes and wring the rainwater from them. Her raised chest instantly flattens...

Xiao Ci crushes the cup in his hand. His face darkens, though there's a hint of relief in his expression. “Good, very good. Tonight I'll teach him just what it means to deceive your husband!”

1. A man disguised as a woman, marriage before love, the concubine rises to become the wife.

2. No principal wife, no other concubines. The bottom is the only one. The main plot follows the cunning Song Xingzhou as he seeks to clear his name.

3. The bottom and his younger sister are twins and look alike. After some makeup, they look even more alike~

4. The court intrigue is all just for fun.

Theme: The protagonist embodies the fine qualities of perseverance, courage, and striving toward one's goals.