A Mistake from Years Ago

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Mu Nanjing was tricked by his younger sister into marrying his sworn enemy, Yue Xuanfeng.

His younger sister was supposed to marry Yue Xuanfeng, but she and a poor scholar had fallen in love and pledged themselves to each other, so she turned to Mu Nanjing to take her place as the bride.

Who was Yue Xuanfeng?

The new top scholar, a man of exceptional talent and dazzling refinement, the second son of the current emperor's elder sister, and the dream lover of countless women in the capital.

The problem was, Mu Nanjing was also a man.

More importantly, he and Yue Xuanfeng had a score to settle.

Several years ago, Mu Nanjing, along with his friend Zhu Yumo and the Fourth Prince Xie Yongzhou, had played a trick on Yue Xuanfeng. Yue Xuanfeng had been so humiliated he wished he could skin them alive on the spot. Mu Nanjing had been the mastermind, and from that day on they had been at odds.

Now, if marrying Yue Xuanfeng meant making his life miserable, so be it.

What puzzled Mu Nanjing was that after they married, Yue Xuanfeng not only didn't give him a hard time, but treated him with great care and granted his every request. No matter what happened, Yue Xuanfeng always took his side unconditionally.

What was going on? Weren't they supposed to be sworn enemies?

Could it be that Yue Xuanfeng really liked him?

One day, Mu Nanjing found a portrait in Yue Xuanfeng's study of someone who looked almost exactly like him.

According to the old servants in the household, the person in the portrait had saved Yue Xuanfeng from drowning several years ago. Yue Xuanfeng had kept his benefactor's portrait hanging in his study ever since.

Yue Xuanfeng was into men, and he had mistaken Mu Nanjing for a substitute!

How could Mu Nanjing put up with that?

Yue Xuanfeng's point of view:

When I returned from recovering from an illness, I met a young master who didn't apply himself to anything. He kept calling me by the wrong name, too.

It's strange. I heard this young master's mother was just a dancer, and that he doesn't have an easy life at home. How can he still be grinning every day?

This young master even took me out of the palace to eat buns and buy flowers. He's so nice.

My teacher told me to copy out a book. I still hadn't finished by midnight, so the young master came to help. He's amazing. He can write with both hands at once, and his handwriting is so neat.

Why does my face feel so hot? Am I getting sick again?

The young master wanted to buy peonies last time, but they were sold out. This time I went to buy them first thing in the morning, but the flower girl said she'd never sold peonies.

The young master went to play with someone else. The young master is ignoring me...

P.S. He is not really a substitute. Mu Nanjing only thinks he is one.

The fake wastrel is not a real wastrel. He is pretending to be foolish to hide his abilities, not because there's something wrong with his brain.

The Guard Who Wants to Be the Fourth Prince's Dog, Short Version

After Xiao Xianxian was betrayed by Gu Jiang and banished to Lingnan, Gu Jiang followed him there like a vengeful ghost, claiming he would do anything to stay. So Xiao Xianxian kept him, then chained him up with an iron dog leash. But why did Gu Jiang seem to be enjoying it?

Xiao Xianxian finally had a chance to return to the capital. As soon as he got back, Gu Jiang accepted an offer from the Ninth Prince. But even after making a name for himself with the Ninth Prince's help, Gu Jiang still wouldn't leave Xiao Xianxian alone.

Now an important minister to the new emperor, Gu Jiang imprisoned Xiao Xianxian in his residence. Xiao Xianxian escaped the very next day. What a joke. The new emperor was his older brother. Who could keep him locked up?

At night, Xiao Xianxian pretended Gu Jiang had imprisoned him. By day, he left the residence to handle official business. They absolutely couldn't let anyone find out.