That Courtesan

That actor looked enough like Yan Bingquan's long-lost first love that the young emperor, Li Xian, threatened him with his mother's life and sent him to the regent, hoping he would steal the Tiger Tally.

In his previous life, the actor worked diligently and tirelessly, enduring every kind of bullying, humiliation, and abuse at the hands of the ruthless Yan Bingquan. At last, he completed his mission and handed the stolen Tiger Tally to the young emperor, only to be betrayed. The emperor killed him with a single thrust of his sword.

As he died, he heard the young emperor roar in fury: The Tiger Tally was fake.

It turned out Yan Bingquan had seen through everything from the start. He had kept quiet because he was playing along with the scheme. His cruel treatment of the actor was also revenge against the young emperor for daring to plant a spy in his midst.

Reborn to the day he first met the regent, the actor found his mother already taken and imprisoned by the young emperor, and himself sent to Yan Bingquan once again. With his fate already decided and no way out, he chose to play along and turn the tables on them both.

The world is full of tricks. Who's fooling whom?

After countless hardships, the actor finally managed to escape with his mother and the hundred thousand gold he had extorted from the young emperor. Then he heard that Regent Yan Bingquan had gone mad overnight, massacred thousands of the imperial city's guards, and had the young emperor, Yan Xian, nailed to the Meridian Gate in a grisly, brutal manner.

The actor leisurely scattered a handful of golden melon seeds to the young apprentices in front of him, his almond-shaped eyes narrowing.

Yan Bingquan? Who's that? Never heard of him. Nothing to do with me.

One day, the actor had a run of bad luck. He left without checking the almanac and was cornered by Yan Bingquan, who appeared out of nowhere, eyes bloodshot, looking like a rabid dog.

"Little actor, Young Master Bai, be good and come home with me..."

The actor raised his chin, eyes full of scorn. "I don't know who those two people you're talking about are. But if the regent is willing to get down on his knees and beg me, I might be persuaded to consider it."

"Oh? You don't know?" Yan Bingquan leaned close to the actor's ear, his voice lazy and breath fragrant. "But, Xiao Bai, I never said I was the regent..."

The actor froze. A moment later, his expression returned to normal. "So what? Then, Regent, are you going to kneel or not?"

The chase-back romance, both are virgins. Ruthless, brutal top x gentle on the outside, strong on the inside bottom

The top is Regent Yan Bingquan, and he's a real bastard at first

Theme: I love you more than anything