Is My Gentle Husband the Brutal Regent?

Shao Qing transmigrates into the body of a prince.

His father and brothers are foolish and incompetent, and he is not favored. He gets none of the respect due to a prince and is constantly bullied, living a miserable life.

Later, he falls for someone. This person has neither power nor status, but treats him with tenderness and care, cherishing him completely.

After the brutal Regent Jiang Leng arrives in the capital and slaughters half the nobles, his ambitions for the throne become clear. Everyone in the capital is on edge.

Shao Qing can't help worrying. "If the Regent wants the throne, the land will surely be drenched in blood."

"I'm a prince too. Will the Regent kill me as well?"

His beloved, bent over to warm his hands, says, "No."

"You're not the Regent. How would you know?"

His beloved: "..."

Shao Qing is treated unfairly at court.

He's too distracted even to kiss his beloved.

He frets and wants to vent to him.

But his usually patient and gentle beloved doesn't even want to hear what happened. He tells Shao Qing to hurry up. "Just give me the name."

Shao Qing: "???"

Shao Qing isn't sure if it's just his imagination.

Everyone he names seems to die awfully fast.

Everyone else thinks so too.

Until one day, he's caught up in a coup.

The Regent arrives in person, and they are about to meet their end.

The villain who framed him laughs mockingly. "You're nothing but a lowborn, unwanted waste, fit only to be played to death. You really think you're some precious noble?"

Shao Qing is utterly despondent too.

But then he sees the person surrounded by all the officials at court. His beloved?

In full view of everyone, the Regent takes his hand, pulls him close, and shields him behind his back.

Just like he always does.

Theme: Hard work pays off.