A Lazy Fish’s Political Marriage

Song Mingzhi, once a secret guard who died in a time of chaos, is reborn a century earlier as a Western Regions beauty presented to the imperial capital. To his surprise, his husband, the Third Prince Mu Yanzhou, destined to reunite the realm and usher in an age of prosperity, is currently a complete slacker. Song Mingzhi, a true slacker waiting for someone else to carry him: ? One day, the capital is placed under lockdown. The First Prince, who considers Mu Yanzhou a thorn in his side, leads the imperial guards into the estate to search for a criminal. Mu Yanzhou flings open the door, bristling with bloodlust. He strips off his bloodstained clothes and pulls Song Mingzhi into the bath with him. Before he can threaten him, Song Mingzhi raises his arms and loops them around his neck of his own accord. “Don't worry. I understand. I understand everything.” He just needs cover, right? - Mu Yanzhou really is pretending to be a harmless slacker while hiding his true strength! Song Mingzhi settles in as a slacker himself. When his husband plots, he makes himself scarce. When his husband kills, he plays deaf and dumb. Every so often, he exchanges meaningful glances with his husband and passes along information, then waits for him to take on the world by himself. The two put on an act, pretending to be in love. Within a few months, everyone knows that the Third Prince hasn't changed his slacker ways. He's even developed a lovesick streak and only wants to cling to his beauty. On the day of the palace coup, even their political enemies point their swords at Song Mingzhi, planning to take him hostage. The hostage, the weakness, the delicate and helpless Western Regions beauty, Song Mingzhi… takes on ten men at once and beats them all. Mu Yanzhou ascends the throne and claims the realm. Song Mingzhi thinks their partnership is over. Having helped his husband secure the throne, he expects to spend the rest of his life as a rich idler, keeping fighting cocks and walking dogs. But Mu Yanzhou wants to turn their act into reality and make their love a genuine legend. Song Mingzhi: …So you weren't pretending to be lovesick? [Sweet romance, October 4, 2023] - Please follow my upcoming novels, “Am I the Devoted, Frail Sugar Daddy?” and “Buried Bones”! “Am I the Devoted, Frail Sugar Daddy?” Jiang Di attends the funeral of his sworn enemy, Ji Huai. There, he discovers that the world he lives in is actually a rebirth novel set in the entertainment industry. The protagonist is Ji Huai, who has been reborn as a minor celebrity. And Jiang Di… is the devoted, frail sugar daddy who has secretly loved Ji Huai for years and gets into a body-double roleplay relationship with him after his rebirth. Jiang Di: I'm supposed to be his sugar daddy and give him resources? He wants to refuse, but… System: Don't you want to get your health back? Don't you want to see Young Master Ji become a kept man? Don't you want to bully and humiliate him, watching him endure it all without daring to complain? Oh no. That really does sound tempting. In the middle of a heavy snowfall, Jiang Di takes in Ji Huai, newly reborn and in a wretched state. His features look about eighty percent like the person from before. His eyes are full of resistance and suspicion. “Why are you helping me?” Jiang Di closes his eyes and murmurs, “Don't frown. Then you won't look like him.” Ji Huai: “?” * Reborn into a new life, Ji Huai discovers… His sworn enemy is arrogant, domineering, and unreasonable. But at dinner parties, he pushes away the drinks set in front of Ji Huai. He shows up on set to introduce him to famous directors. And every so often, he reminisces about who Ji Huai used to be… He really does seem to like the old Ji Huai. On a street corner beneath a lamppost, Jiang Di pretends not to notice the paparazzi lying in wait and, “drunk,” asks Ji Huai for a kiss. This time, Ji Huai doesn't snap and cut ties with him, as the System predicted he would. Instead, in front of the camera flashes, he leans down and grits out in Jiang Di's ear, “Now do you see who it is you want to kiss?” Jiang Di: …?! Aren't you straight? #JealousOfMyself# #WantsToBeKeptAndWantsAProperTitleToo# ※ “Buried Bones” Chu Renxue, the great general of the Great Ning dynasty, dies unjustly in battle, his soul trapped beyond the frontier and slowly fading away. Years later, he sees the Great Ning dynasty nearing its end. It cedes territory and pays tribute to foreign tribes, even sending Prince Gu Xianfeng to the frontier as a hostage. Though the prince endures humiliation and lives in constant danger, he remains dignified and refined, never letting a speck of dust touch his hands, and carries himself with an air of icy aloofness all day long. “Tch. What a small world.” As Chu Renxue watches him meet his doom, he also tries his best to drive his enemy's son out of his territory: He pushes open the door in the middle of the night, making it creak loudly. He repeatedly blows out the candle while Gu Xianfeng is reading. When Gu Xianfeng takes off his outer robe and is about to tend to the wound on his chest, Chu Renxue circles around the screen and comes close to him… Only for Gu Xianfeng to cover his chest and frown the next moment. “We should keep our distance.” “…You could see me all along?” The Gu family descendants really are devious! Chu Renxue steps forward, ready to confront him, only to discover… His soul has stopped fading, thanks to the yang energy from Gu Xianfeng's body. * Chu Renxue teaches Gu Xianfeng military strategy and martial arts, helping him return to his homeland. In return, Gu Xianfeng stabilizes Chu Renxue's soul and replenishes his yang energy, helping clear his name and resolve his lingering obsession: The foreign tribes break their treaty and plan to kill Gu Xianfeng as a sacrifice before declaring war on the Central Plains. The next moment, Chu Renxue, clad in silver armor, breaks through the enemy ranks with a single sword strike and fights his way out with Gu Xianfeng. He turns back through gritted teeth, grasping his wrist. “Your yang energy, ” Before he can finish, Gu Xianfeng, now a head taller than him, bends down and kisses his forehead. “All right.” Chu Renxue, exhausted and in need of yang energy, who only wants to hold hands: “?” Why are your ears red? * Chu Renxue helps Gu Xianfeng reunite the realm. He also clears his name, regains his rightful status, and earns the admiration of countless people. The emperor of Great Ning even gives him his own robes and stays by his side day and night, sharing his bed and never forgetting to “repay his kindness.” Chu Renxue: “…I've got enough yang energy. No more!” Wasn't this supposed to be about keeping our distance? Theme: May the realm be at peace and all the people live in safety