After Raising the Obsessive Prince Wrong, I Faked My Death and Ran

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*This story features [Younger Top] [Faked Death] [Locked-Room Confinement] and many other elements.

The day after Su Xiazhou dreamed that Chu Fengge killed him, he was assigned to the Sixth Prince and became his personal eunuch.

Terrified, he nearly dropped to his knees and swore to be twice as attentive to Chu Fengge, so the nightmare wouldn't come true.

The good news: the plan worked perfectly.

He became the only person Chu Fengge trusted. The prince clung to him every day, and no one could pry them apart.

The bad news: it worked a little too well...

No one ever saw Su Xiazhou again. Rumor had it the Sixth Prince had imprisoned him, forbidding him from leaving or seeing anyone, treating him like a treasured possession.

But at the crucial moment, when Chu Fengge raised an army in rebellion, Su Xiazhou still took a fatal arrow for him, and ended up dying without a body to bury.

After that, the Sixth Prince vomited blood and went mad, plunging the land into chaos. He slaughtered anyone who stood in his way, be they gods or Buddhas.

...Still, with their debts settled, this wasn't such a bad outcome.

Su Xiazhou thought as he rode his little donkey to work, newly free.

But the moment he dismounted, a cloud of dust rose at the end of the road.

Someone lifted his chin with a riding crop. He looked up and met the handsome, wickedly charming face of a man on horseback.

Chu Fengge leaned closer with a smile. "Where have you been for the past three years? Do you know how hard I've looked for you?"

Su Xiazhou took one step back, then another.

Urgent question, please help!

Can I still get away if I run now?!!!

*Scheming, unstable prince top x gentle-faced, panicky-at-heart eunuch bottom

The adorable upcoming novel blurb follows

Xie Shuci went to the capital to seek refuge with a marquis's household, only to run into bandits along the way.

The young bandit leader was dressed in fine clothes and riding a fine horse. He flashed Xie Shuci a roguish grin, showing off his bright white teeth. "Send that beauty in the carriage to my room. I'm getting married tonight!"

The people around them burst into suggestive laughter. Xie Shuci was bound hand and foot and made the bandit chief's wife, despite being a man. From then on, the chief kept him as his treasured possession, subjecting him to every sort of humiliation and intimate abuse.

Consumed by shame and fury, Xie Shuci resisted to the death. In return, he was subjected to even harsher degradation. He tried to escape, but failed, and even the young servant who had accompanied him all the way was killed!

Xie Shuci had no choice but to pretend to accept his fate and obey, while hatred raged in his heart!

He swore a blood-soaked oath in his heart: One day, this bandit would pay for his crimes in blood!!!

Li Hanzhen was the Marquis of Pingyuan, a trusted aide to the crown prince. Acting on the Eastern Palace's orders, he posed as a bandit while secretly training a private army.

Xie Shuci had been nothing more than a plaything Li Hanzhen had picked up to amuse himself while training his troops. The young man had a woman's delicate features, jade-like skin, and red lips, yet was cold and stubborn. Li Hanzhen had been unable to tear himself away at first sight, so he simply kept him as his treasured possession.

He soon discovered Xie Shuci was talented, clever, and resourceful. He ordered his men to call him sister-in-law and gave him a little authority over the gang's affairs. Even when Xie Shuci tried to run away, Li Hanzhen merely had him brought back and mildly punished.

In the end, he was just a caged songbird Li Hanzhen kept to pass the time.

Until that day, when the entire bandit stronghold was engulfed in flames. His hands bound, he watched helplessly as Xie Shuci's hands trembled, yet the other man drew his sword without hesitation and plunged it fiercely into Li Hanzhen's stomach. Then Xie Shuci fled through the door without looking back.

Li Hanzhen lowered his head and stared at the sword piercing his body. At last, he felt a desperate pain in his heart, like an ant's bite.

So Xie Shuci truly felt nothing for him...

So he had fallen in love with Xie Shuci at first sight, from the very first time they met.

The flames were closing in, and the ropes around his wrists were easy enough to loosen. But he had understood his feelings for Xie Shuci too late, and brought this irreparable situation upon himself.

Li Hanzhen's lashes trembled. As if accepting his fate, he closed his eyes amid the raging flames.

Reader's guide:

1. One-on-one, both leads' first time, main character is the bottom, happy ending. Thirty chapters are written in advance, so feel free to start reading~

2. There will be misunderstandings and bickering. The main goal is to drench the story in melodrama and satisfy the author's preferences.

3. The top is hopelessly lovesick. The bottom is a real eunuch and has an imperfect personality too, so please read at your leisure (hiding under a pot lid).

4. Fictional setting, entirely fictional, with plenty of invented details. If some official ranks or house styles resemble those of actual dynasties, that's because the author is clueless and can't make everything up (hiding my face).

Theme: With golden splendor shaking the world and grand designs taking shape, stake everything to secure the realm