Never Cross the Line

[Don't buy this. It's unfinished and on hiatus]

Preorder: After My Rival Finds Out I'm a Fake Eunuch (The final book in this series. This world has been thoroughly explored.)

Ruthless, cunning prince Jing Changyu (gong) vs. prestigious-family literary talent Huo Yunming (shou)

Jing Changyu transmigrates, and from the start he's at the peak!

His father is the emperor, his mother has the bloodline of an enemy nation, the country is ravaged by war, and his younger sister is to be married off for political reasons...

Jing Changyu: Heh. Why don't you all just kill me...

Jing Changyu has been slacking off for years, but fate has other plans. The dog emperor assigns him a tutor.

At their first meeting, Jing Changyu thinks he's being rude.

No other reason. He happens to be gripping the throat of the eunuch instructor and holding him underwater...

Once he gets a good look at the tutor, a man named Huo Yunming,

he realizes this tutor is... incredibly handsome!

Jing Changyu, who has spent years confined to the Cold Palace, sees Huo Yunming's face for the first time. Unadorned, yet exquisitely beautiful, as if painted in the finest colors.

Lost in the sight, he can't help murmuring, "An... immortal..."

Beneath his gentle exterior, the tutor hides a ruthless heart!

He's so good at dealing with the palace staff! He made them stand outside in the heavy snow until they were frozen like ice sculptures!

From then on, Jing Changyu's life takes off!

The tutor "begs" to teach him etiquette and political strategy!

His father and elder brothers beg him to survive!

A heaven-sent military genius offers him troops and begs him to rebel!

Jing Changyu wants to say: Wait... If you insist on this, then I'll really do it!

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Huo Yunming comes from the Huo family, one of the Five Great Clans.

At seventeen, he placed first in the imperial examinations. His writings satirizing the world shook heaven and earth!

And then!

He had the rotten luck to be chosen to tutor Jing Changyu...

Huo Yunming: A hot potato!

Fine. How hard can etiquette and morality be?

I'll teach him!

But...

Your Highness, why are you crying?!

Your Highness, why are you climbing into my bed?!

Your Highness, why are you acting cute?!

From then on, Huo Yunming completely lost his resistance to the young prince...

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The road to becoming emperor isn't all that easy.

In the Great Jing Dynasty, the emperor and empress jointly rule, while two princes vie for power.

Within the court, the Five Great Clans monopolize officialdom and casually lift their kin to the heights of power. Beyond the borders, the Three Barbarians covet the land, and the nation is in danger!

The Five Great Clans hold immense power, casually raising their kin to the heights of power!

His life hangs by a thread. Whether he'll make it through depends on him.

To find out what happens next, read the full story~

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Preorder: The Little Eunuch's Manhood Defense Campaign

(If I have to assign roles, then gong: Ying Erxing vs. shou: Chi Beiwu)

My name is Chi Beiwu, the illegitimate third son of a rebel leader.

The deadbeat who fathered me took up his blade to chase his dreams on the day I turned one month old.

He hasn't paid me a single copper in child support in over a decade. Our bond is about as thin as overnight rice porridge.

Then his rebellion failed, and his head was hung on the city gate to dry.

I failed to escape and was tied up like a dumpling, then sent to the castration chamber,

which literally means a room for castration, where even silkworms have it better than me.

The moment I walk in, I run into Ying Erxing.

This man personally chopped off my father's head, and now he wants to personally chop off my...

family jewels!!!

The loss of my manhood demands vengeance! We can't coexist under the same sky!

I stiffen my neck, ready to die heroically, but in three seconds he pulls off my outer robe, in five seconds my inner shirt, and then...

Ying Erxing: "Tsk. Poor thing."

Chi Beiwu is stunned: "You're going to cut it off, and you still feel sorry for it?"

Ying Erxing squats down. "Poor thing."

Chi Beiwu begs: "Sir, if you really think it's pitiful, could you please show mercy?"

Ying Erxing grips Chi Beiwu's waistband and won't let go, like he's picking out pork kidneys at the market.

"Let's keep it. It might still be useful tomorrow."

Chi Beiwu trembles. "What if it isn't? Can you promise to take responsibility?"

Ying Erxing rolls his eyes so hard it seems like a blade flashing. "If it doesn't work, I'll use the back."

Chi Beiwu: "..."

Is it too late to flee? I'm asking online. It's kind of urgent.

Chi Beiwu (shou)

·Identity: Illegitimate third son of a rebel leader → escaped little eunuch from the castration chamber → personal clerk to the great general → the emperor's godson (by mistake)

·Skills: Max-level silver tongue, maxed-out escape talent, excellent at finding new dads

·Weaknesses: Poor, timid, and prone to overthinking (worries every day that the great general will cut off his manhood)

·Life motto: If I run fast enough, palace castration can't catch me!

Ying Erxing (gong)

·Identity: Great General of the Eastern Pacification Army

·Hidden identity: Chi Beiwu, whose manhood was cut off in his previous life

·Skills: When it comes to killing, he follows through; excellent at raising children

·Weakness: He can never figure out what Chi Beiwu, still in possession of his manhood, is thinking

·Life motto: If I save him fast enough, I can keep history from repeating itself

My name is Chi Beiwu. I hail from Donghuo and survived in Dannzhou by any means necessary. Ashamed of my low birth, I became a eunuch, aided powerful ministers, brought chaos to the government and misery to the people, and killed the traitor Jing Hong. I died in Min City, capital of Great Jing, in the winter of the eighth year of Zhi Li, aged forty-five.

According to the historical records and popular accounts, I was the chief of the eunuch faction in this dynasty, the root of the calamity that poisoned the nation. My crimes were evident and undeniable, and I showed no remorse.

I admit it. That is true.

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P.S.:

◆ Pure romance, 1v1 (Jing Changyu is the gong, Huo Yunming is the shou)

◆ It may be a little complicated? But not too much. I'll do my best to make it clear. Unless something unexpected happens, updates will be steady over the holidays. There may be a few surprises once school starts.

◆ A labor of love. Thank you for reading!

◆ Some chapters are already written!!!

◆ A prequel to Yue Gui, about the previous generation! The stories about the previous generation in Yue Gui are what the characters of Yue Gui understand about them, and shouldn't be taken as the whole truth.

◆ Content warning: If I followed the original bad ending, it would definitely continue directly from Yue Gui. But I only ever write happy endings for the main storyline, so I'll change the plot a lot, and some parts definitely won't line up with Yue Gui. If necessary, I'll write a short version of the original plot as an extra, although I don't like it because it's a bit angsty.

Theme: Even when weighed down by wind and snow, one must forge a path to success through adversity.