The Hated Heir Is Carrying the Regent's Child

Synopsis

Zhao Min is the heir to a marquis's estate, yet his family doesn't like him.

His father thinks he looks too weak, his mother resents him for being good for nothing, and even the maids in the estate would love to spit at the sight of him and call him a jinx.

Unable to understand why, he can only study hard, hoping that one day his parents might accept him, or at least dislike him a little less.

Then he discovers that the world he lives in is the setting of a book.

As it turns out, his birth mother was a courtesan from Jiangnan who switched him at birth with the real heir.

The real heir is the book's protagonist, destined for a perfect life and ultimately to become the mother of the nation, enjoying boundless honor and glory.

When Zhao Min's origins are exposed, his parents hate him even more. "You stole my son's life. You and your mother are both utterly base!"

So they force him to drink a secret fertility potion and send him to be a concubine to his dissolute cousin. In the end, he dies in childbirth.

Heartbroken, Zhao Min finally sees things clearly. Perhaps... perhaps he can live for himself just once.

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Rumor has it that the regent, who holds power at court, likes men with fair skin and handsome features, stirring up endless controversy among the officials.

Only Zhao Min knows that although the regent likes beautiful men, he doesn't sleep around. Everything he does is to take revenge on his enemies. Sadly, in the end, he is trapped in his own schemes and dies.

Zhao Min knows how his story ends. Since he has nothing but a pretty face, he decides to help the regent and himself at the same time.

Then he sends himself to the regent's bed.

The regent is rather enthusiastic in bed, but he often comes up with new ways to make Zhao Min happy.

Zhao Min escapes the fate of marrying his dissolute cousin and thinks he's changed his ending.

Until one day, he discovers he's pregnant.

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Xiao Ji has held power for many years, and beautiful women are sent to him in an endless stream. Then he meets a little thing who's impossibly sweet in both speech and manner.

The little thing says he admires him and is willing to serve him for a month.

Xiao Ji keeps him for a month, but when the time is up, the little thing runs away.

Before he can slaughter the entire marquis's estate, the little thing comes back, looking aggrieved with a little belly. "Could I stay? I... I can't go back to the marquis's estate..."

Xiao Ji: "..." After struggling to hold back, he pulls him into his arms. "Don't cry. Call me a good big brother, and I'll kill them all."

Zhao Min is bewildered: "..."

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Little Scene 1

One day, the powerful man and his little wife are having tea.

Zhao Min lets out a long sigh and says helplessly, "My ending can't be changed anyway, so do whatever you want to me, big brother."

Xiao Ji: "?"

Zhao Min blushes and mumbles, "What you said last time... we can try it."

Xiao Ji's brow furrows as he hears this. He wraps his little wife tightly in his cloak and coaxes him, "...Be good. Go to sleep."

Little Scene 2

One day in a certain month every year

Zhao Min is about to give birth. Clinging to his husband, he tries to arrange everything for after his death. "According to the plot, I'm going to die soon, but you have five more years. So you absolutely must find our child a good family!"

Not long afterward, Zhao Min's villainous husband ascends the throne.

Xiao Ji takes his hand and climbs the three thousand jade steps with him to survey their vast realm. His eyes are full of tenderness. "Of course we'll raise our child ourselves. Don't you agree, my empress?"

Zhao Min looks utterly confused: "..."

How did things end up like this?

Theme: Your fate is in your own hands.