The Steppe Wolf Lord's Second Marriage to a State Preceptor

[Complete. My next story will be The Third Year After the Immortal Venerable's Death~] * In his previous life, Imperial Preceptor Gu Chengyan helped a prince from the Cold Palace ascend the throne, only to be suspected and framed by him. Imprisoned in the Cold Palace, he was tortured to death. Reborn in the year he was murdered, Gu Chengyan chose to escape by accepting the marriage proposal of the old wolf lord of the northern grasslands. On the journey to his new home, he deliberately stopped taking his medicine until he looked frail and sickly, hoping the old wolf lord would be disappointed in him and exile him to the far north. Looking at the clear sky and white clouds above, with green grass stretching across the land and herds of cattle and sheep all around, Gu Chengyan finally got to lie flat in happiness, cuddling a soft, fluffy sheep. A few years into his peaceful life, a snowstorm brought him a boy raised by wolves. The boy had bright eyes and sharp canines. He was covered in blood and wounds, and bit Gu Chengyan the moment they met. He also killed his chickens and the big white sheep he used to keep warm. Looking at the boy's handsome face and strong chest and stomach, Gu Chengyan couldn't bring himself to leave him in the snowy mountains. He brought him home to recover, shared chicken legs with him, taught him to read and write, cook and dress, ride and shoot, hunt, and arrange troops for battle. * Three years later, an avalanche buried the mountains, and the little wolf cub vanished into the vast snowy wilderness while protecting him. A year later, the old wolf lord died of illness. His sons fought one another to the death over the throne, until they finally remembered that the old wolf lord had a youngest son exiled to the far north. By grassland custom, the new king inherited the old king's consorts and territory. Gu Chengyan, the old wolf lord's only surviving "wife," was summoned back. To his surprise, the little wolf cub he'd been separated from for a year was sitting on the throne, glaring at him with a scrutinizing look. That night, the fierce little wolf cub bit him again, crying as he did. He was so fierce at night, yet in the morning he secretly rubbed Gu Chengyan's legs and kissed him with the utmost care. * The new wolf lord, Saihe Chena, had been born to the lowest of slave women. If not for the wolves of the sacred mountain, he would have frozen to death in the snow with his mother. He hated humans and everything about the old wolf lord. Most of all, he hated their scent: cunning, changeable, and arrogant. Of all the people he'd ever met, there was only one whose scent he liked. It reminded him of grass, his mother, and the sacred snow of the grasslands. But that man was so foolish. He didn't understand when Saihe Chena shared his food, didn't understand his advances, and didn't understand the danger of an avalanche. He had barely clawed his way out of the snow when people forcibly took him away to inherit the territory. Every day he was forced to sit on the throne, Saihe Chena missed him terribly. He wanted to lick every inch of his body, mark him, and cover him with his own scent. But when they finally met again, he learned that the man had suffered so much in places he had never known about. Saihe Chena hated fighting for power, but this time he would stay and become a true wolf lord, so no one could ever bully him again. * Later, conflict broke out once more in the Central Plains dynasty. The new emperor came alone, crawling and prostrating himself at Gu Chengyan's feet, begging him to return to the capital. Gu Chengyan instead smiled, wrapped an arm around the little wolf cub, whose face was full of murderous intent, and kissed him. "I'm not going. This is my home." *Cover art source: Shui Mo Dan Qing artist ZDC. Thank you~! This story is also known as The Imperial Preceptor Happily Lies Flat After Marrying the Grassland Wolf Lord for a Second Time, We Both Think We're the One Keeping the Family Afloat, and The Grassland Wolf Lord and His Happy Little Stepmom (sort of). [Reading notes] 1. A beautiful fox x a little wolf cub. The imperial preceptor is the bottom, and the wolf lord is the top. The bottom is nine years older. A very sweet story with mutual love all the way. 2. Cattle and sheep are delicious. There will be sweet romance, and we'll fight the villains of nature, too, but this isn't a fast-paced face-slapping power fantasy. 3. I sometimes talk nonsense. You don't need to tell me if you drop the story. Everyone should be happy, because our little wolf cub is fierce and adorable! 4. Big Eyes: @oAiShangO, you know what I mean. Winks. Come hang out.gif Theme: Focus on the present and build on what we have now, finding a path of cooperation and mutual benefit to protect the natural environment.