Drafting
Chatterbox, tea-loving chancellor x cold-faced, straightforward female general
General Xie Chenmian of the Xie family was strikingly beautiful, with features like a painting and a face like fine jade. She was a ruthless blade in the emperor's hand, and someone the court feared and wanted to eliminate.
Now that the realm was at peace, she had only two things to do each day:
One, keep a cold face and make sure no one found out she was a woman.
Two, steer clear of Chancellor Luo Zixiu, who loved taking advantage of her and lecturing her.
At a palace banquet, Xie Chenmian fell into the trap of a treacherous villain. Her body went limp and her face flushed. Just as a palace maid was about to have her way, and the secret of her being a woman was about to be exposed,
Luo Zixiu, with whom she had long since stopped speaking, suddenly appeared. He knocked out the maid and carried Xie Chenmian away without another word, chattering as he ran: "Brother Chenmian, I told you to read more. You had this coming, getting tricked like that. I know you're grateful, so why not give me the few horses at your country estate?"
Luo Zixiu was quite pleased with himself and didn't realize how serious the situation was.
Until
He watched with his own eyes as the half-conscious Xie Chenmian tossed one chest binder after another out of her clothes. Their eyes met, and he was shocked, pitiful, and helpless!!!
Just as Luo Zixiu thought she was about to kill him to keep him quiet, Xie Chenmian pinned him in a dark corner the next moment and threatened him: "Lord Luo, aren't you always trying to cling to me? Then today, you can cling to me all you want."
"Help..."
Now that their secret was out, neither of them was getting away.
*
Luo Zixiu was born to a poor family and was an orphan.
Ever since he rose to a high position, he had seen more than enough people flattering him, and he was sick of it.
He thought Xie Chenmian was cut from the same cloth, so he wanted to befriend her. When he saw officials finding all kinds of ways to make things difficult for her, Luo Zixiu kept lecturing her and warning her to be careful. He never expected it to backfire and make her run farther and farther away.
But later, he seemed to fall ill, and quite badly. He even began to suspect he had a thing for men...
#Brother, you smell so good#
#Sworn brothers become family by marriage#
#Maybe I'm gay, maybe I'm not#
Content warnings:
1. Fictional historical setting.
2. Woman disguises herself as a man; her identity is revealed later. Both leads are sexually inexperienced; happy ending.
The cover is used with the artist's permission: Zhuo Sushu
The blurb was screenshotted on December 22, 2022.
Theme: Put yourself in someone else's shoes and grow together
