After Being Bought by the Regent

Xu Zhao transmigrates into a brothel.

With his identity papers a mystery, his career as a male courtesan is cut short. The manager assigns him to work as a bodyguard, protecting a bunch of pretty boys... male courtesans.

This innocent, cool young man struggles to make it in his line of work.

Rumor has it that the bloodthirsty Regent is coming to choose male favorites.

Xu Zhao watches a line of handsome men, some trembling with fear, others posing suggestively, and puts on a straight face as he observes from the sidelines.

He's so glad he transmigrated as a bodyguard and not a courtesan...

The pretty boys are still smiling. They say the Regent likes to torment his bed partners, and whoever gets chosen is in for a rough time.

The Regent's gaze is sharp as he points. “I want him.”

Xu Zhao: ???

I'm a straight guy. No thanks, I'm not becoming a male courtesan.

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The Regent has always wielded absolute power, and no one dares cross him. But at the villa outside the city last year, someone actually attempted to assassinate him.

The Regent turns the capital upside down and finds the young assassin who infiltrated the brothel under a new name.

He buys him and brings him to his estate, planning to torment and toy with him in every possible way.

The moment he enters the room, the young assassin is half-dressed, bare-chested, and sprawled out asleep.

The Regent: A seduction ploy?

Xu Zhao, sweating from the heat because there's no air conditioning, frowns and tugs at the tie of his underpants.

The Regent: What a devious ploy...

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Life at the Prince's estate is too hard. Xu Zhao still wants to fight back.

He works diligently, trying and trying until he finally makes contact with the Regent's greatest rival, Prince Yu.

Xu Zhao: Your Highness, from now on, little Zhao belongs to you!

The Regent, playing Prince Yu: ...What do you do when your wife wants to cheat?

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Six months later, an exclusive interview with the Capital Gazette:

Hello, everyone! This is the Capital Gazette. The capital has been in turmoil lately, so we've invited the Regent. Uh, what happened to you?

The Regent, looking distraught, flips over the reporter's camera. “I have to find my little Zhao!”

Reporter: ???

The man hurrying away over there looks like a good interview subject, too.

His face is flushed, and his bare shoulders and neck are covered in red marks...

Reporter: Between the Regent and Prince Yu, who do you like more?

The innocent Xu Zhao sobs and takes off running:

Life in this book is so hard! So hard!

I thought I was going to conquer the world!

I was supposed to take down the Regent, not get taken down by him!

Mad, ruthless Regent x useless modern-day young assassin

P.S. They're each other's first. Xu Zhao does hard labor at a teahouse; he never actually sells himself~

Theme: Strive to move forward and never give up!