(Next Book: Historical BL) I Didn't Toy with Him and Abandon Him

#The Right Way to Tease the Top Graduate

Rong You was clearly upright and principled, yet his face was strikingly beautiful. Among the many talented young men in the throne hall, Xiao Ti spotted him at a glance and immediately named him the top graduate.

With treacherous ministers in power, Xiao Ti, a sickly man, was propped up as a puppet emperor. He only wanted to do what he could to protect a few upright officials. But after the Qionglin Banquet, Rong You never made it out of the palace. Someone poured a cup of wine down his throat and dumped him straight into the emperor's bedchamber.

Xiao Ti watched the man glare at him with red eyes and accuse him in a sharp voice. Sighing, yet indulging his own wicked sense of humor, he accepted the blame. "Lord Rong is so beautiful. Having you attend me at my bedside at night makes me happy."

But at some point, the top graduate's keen mind saw through his ambition. He knelt upright before him, promising to give him an age of peace and prosperity. Xiao Ti decided to go all the way and took advantage of this gentleman, acting like a lecherous, foolish ruler. He meant to make the man back down, but the next day Rong You worked even more diligently. Only the tips of his ears reddened when their eyes met.

Xiao Ti: "?"

The emperor acted recklessly, but was slow to recognize true feelings. Only after the court had been purged and the new ministers Xiao Ti had gathered appeared one by one in the throne hall did he belatedly see the top graduate's wolfish ambitions. By then, Rong You was so furious that he shut his doors and refused all visitors.

Later, the history books would record the emperor humbling himself to ask a worthy minister to return to service. They wouldn't know that Rong You, already at the peak of power, wanted nothing more than the powerless title of empress.

Xiao Ti looked at the pitiable man on the verge of tears. At first he still had the energy to tease him, but in the end, he was the one sobbing uncontrollably. "Wait, stop! I'll draft the decree tomorrow!"

The newly appointed powerful minister, satisfied, leisurely kissed the emperor's fingertips and watched him tremble. "Why wait until tomorrow? Why not tonight?"

[One-on-one, both leads are each other's first and only.]

An upright, principled beauty seme who gradually turns dark x a carefree, sickly emperor uke

[Reader's Guide]

1. The young emperor only seems like a playboy. This is a pure romance, and he's a proper ruler and subject with everyone except the seme.

2. The political maneuvering is all over the place. Everything serves the romance.

3. Please don't conflate the characters' worldviews with the author's.

4. Reasonable content warnings and criticism are welcome. Please don't make things up or attack people personally.

[November 7, 2023]

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