Original title: Secret Affairs of the Palace's Beautiful Male Consort
Cool beauty bottom x cruel, domineering top
Shen Yanyi was the fourth son of the Shen family, someone they could take or leave. He had been devoted to his studies since childhood, diligent and exceptionally clever.
He excelled at the academy and pinned his hopes on the imperial exams, dreaming of a brilliant future.
But the Shen family's powerful patron fell from grace, and the only time Shen Yanyi's father thought of him was because of his striking beauty.
When the rival faction turned against them, his father sent him to Prince Ning's residence, offering his son as a pledge of loyalty in exchange for a new protector.
Before Shen Yanyi had even become independent from his family, he was reduced to a low-ranking "male concubine" in Prince Ning's household.
No one outside the Shen family had known of the fourth young master. At Prince Ning's residence, he disappeared from view entirely, and no one knew of Shen Yanyi at all.
He had been just one step away from passing the imperial exams and entering government service. His dream was shattered once more.
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Prince Ning, Mu Jing'an, was the only imperial son of the current dynasty to be granted a princely title and his own residence. He had led troops into battle many times and won great honors. Decisive and arrogant, he despised those who curried favor with the powerful.
He looked down on the Shen family's groveling, but the young master they sent was so beautiful that he couldn't look away.
He had planned to show him some affection, but though the Shen family had no integrity, Shen Yanyi did. He was taciturn and never smiled at him.
Mu Jing'an claimed he wanted to tame Shen Yanyi's temperament, but his intentions were despicable: he liked watching beautiful men beg for mercy.
He wanted to cherish him, but Shen Yanyi wouldn't have it. He wanted to bully him, but couldn't bring himself to go too far.
"The more stubborn they are, the harder they are to win over." Just as Shen Yanyi's attitude began to soften and Mu Jing'an was getting carried away, his confidant intercepted a letter from Shen Yanyi.
Mu Jing'an flew into a rage. So his sincere feelings had only been met with another scheme.
Shen Yanyi once again witnessed Mu Jing'an's ruthless decisiveness. Confused and bewildered, he could only sense that trouble was coming his way again.
By the time the misunderstanding was cleared up, Mu Jing'an regretted it too late.
Little Scene
Down on his luck, Shen Yanyi was deliberately provoked by a favorite of the Crown Prince, and the two ended up in a scuffle after the other man picked a ridiculous argument with him.
The Crown Prince hurried over and ordered his men to pull them apart.
The favorite clung to the Crown Prince's leg, weeping and pleading softly: Your Highness, please see justice done for this humble servant.
Shen Yanyi's heart sank: It's over. He has someone backing him.
When a servant announced that Prince Ning had arrived, Shen Yanyi lowered his head. He knew the prince hadn't come to stand up for him, but would only blame him, so he curled in on himself.
Mu? furious? Jing? incredibly protective? An pulled Shen Yanyi up from the ground. Seeing the beautiful face bruised, he first kissed Yanyi tenderly, then coldly kicked the Crown Prince.
Shen Yanyi: ? He actually kicked someone else instead of me...?
Crown Prince: ? Why did you kick me? I only just got here!
Content warnings:
1. Coercive romance
2. The top has to suffer to win the bottom back
3. The bottom is a bit of a tease early on
4. Both angst and sweetness
Please note:
1. To be added
The next book will be White Moonlight's Guide to Self-Rescue. Upcoming blurb:
Beloved-by-all bottom x mysterious powerful top
Ye Yueshen had been an orphan for as long as he could remember, barely scraping by on meals from kind neighbors. He had heard countless remarks like, "Boys who are too pretty don't live long."
But he still loved life, like a vibrant little flower, hoping someone would nurture him and love him.
Just as he managed to get into university and was about to take control of his own life, he died unexpectedly. The saying that he was "not long for this world" had come true.
Ye Yueshen seamlessly transmigrated into an old-fashioned angst novel as the male protagonist's short-lived white moonlight. The male protagonist longed for him, while the substitute male lead saw him as a shadow.
Even though he'd been dazzling in life and many people had loved him, he was still just a cannon-fodder character with a fancier title.
According to the original plot, he heroically saved the male protagonist, who seemed pitiful but was actually sinister and calculating, then offended the male protagonist's enemies and was killed.
Ye Yueshen had finally found family and affection. He couldn't bear to lose them, and he didn't want to die.
Forced to fight back and scheme, he was caught off guard when someone witnessed everything he'd been doing behind the scenes.
Gong Xunwu, the honorable and mysterious Prince Xuan who had barely appeared in the original story, wiped the blood from his face, tossed away the dagger in his hand, and ordered him with an air of superiority: "Come see me tomorrow."
Ye Yueshen had no choice but to play along with him. No one knew that the usually composed and aloof Gong Xunwu would personally dress him and do his hair, patiently trying jewelry on him and changing his clothes as if he were dressing a doll.
Ye Yueshen was furious but didn't dare say a word. His inner thoughts: What is this, dressing up Shen Shen? I can't stand old men.
He humored the old man in his eyes while preparing to take revenge and fight back. Ye Yueshen didn't let one thing get in the way of the other.
After everything was settled and he had covered his tracks, Ye Yueshen wasn't happy for long. Instead, he was overcome by an inexplicable melancholy.
After hesitating for several days, he went to Gong Xunwu to break things off. "I'm not coming to see you again. If you want to expose me, you'll need evidence first."
Gong Xunwu gripped his shoulders, eyes bloodshot, and demanded through clenched teeth: "When did I ever say I was going to expose you?"
As they stood there in silence, it seemed they both finally understood what the other meant.
(The blurb is still being revised and polished!)
Theme: Better to break than to bend.
I really hope that he will chase his wife hard in the future. I don't want Yan Yi to forgive Mu Jingan too easily. They say that you can't look at a person's upline, but his downline. When Mu Jingan is at his worst, he can even use violence against Yan Yi. I really don't want to catch up to Yan Yi so easily. I feel that it's not easy for Yan Yi. I feel sorry for him 😭
①There are a lot of typos ② I don't know how good the writing is. There are so many typos that I can't distinguish them. ③Shou has a very good personality. I feel that he can always see problems beyond the eyes of others or the limitations of the times. He himself has a spirituality that transcends that era, or he is relatively advanced and rational. He has a firm stance and equally criticizes everything he thinks is wrong, not to mention directly pointing to the imperial power. I think what is more valuable is that he will not be tolerant to himself. For example, when he realizes that he has wavered, he will say to his classmates that he is "see you next time." It feels like he is because he feels that he violates the moral standard of "riches cannot be lascivious, poverty cannot be moved, and power cannot be bent." So he criticized those who harmed and protected him, and he did not let go of himself who he thought was no longer the same. Also, before he knew that Jiang Gui betrayed him, he would say that if Jiang Gui didn't blame his father, then he would go to hell himself. His sense of morality is really strong and he would not point double standards at outsiders, including himself. But he is actually the type who "cannot be licentious with wealth, cannot be moved by poverty, and cannot be subdued by force". For example, when Li Wangji insulted him, and Mu Jingan insulted Li Wangji, he did not feel relieved at this time, but developed a kind of sad mentality. Because he is so good at seeing the essence through the phenomenon, he will not have "imperial worship" of him because Prince Ning used his own power to protect him. Nor was it because the quality of life in Prince Ning's Mansion was dozens of times better than before, that he was dazzled by it and wanted to be a "concubine" peacefully... There are too many points to mention, but in a nutshell, the character design of Shou is that he is an aborigine, but he is anti-feudal, anti-spoiled, and has a firm stand. This is relatively rare because I don't find it very often. ③The group portraits are better depicted. Although Shou is a bit popular and it feels like many people are surrounding Shou, this cannot conceal their charm. In the whole book, I think the best characters besides Han Song are Yu Yinghan and Xia Zheyan. They are all careerists with strong ambitions, have the courage to subvert tradition, and are self-interested people. Yu Yinghan became a general by accumulating military merits. After giving birth to the son of a heartless person, she did not have a maternal outburst and chose to stay. Instead, she chose to return to the battlefield immediately. I feel that this was out of her responsibility as a general and her resistance to the world that despises women. Because I feel that if she had given birth to a girl, she would not have this attitude. She would have wanted to raise her, raise her very delicately, not let her suffer for half a year, or train her to be a female general like him. Xia Zheyan, I feel that with him in front of me, Shen Chengyi, the eldest brother, is too inferior. He is a very stable person. Unlike Shen Yanyi, his stability is more like a kind of indifference tempered with a bit of ruthlessness. The ruthlessness that comes from the many brothers in the Xia Mansion, and the indifference after victory. That's why he can become an excellent strategist, starting from Prince Ning's Mansion to gain insight into the overall situation and strategize. There is also the fact that he married a maid who depends on each other as his wife (this is also very rare. If you love her, you must marry her and not let her down. In some romance novels, this can only be realized when both people are worn out beyond recognition. In Shan Mei's novel, it is written directly). He can also accept that his wife likes others, and he is sure to get her back after she falls in love. He is also a master of affectionate love, which is a bit of a contrast. It's hard to say for the Tian family father and son. The emperor is one of the few relatively normal emperors in Gudan. The prince is weird and feels flat at first. Later, I feel that he is inferior to Li Yu, and I feel that he is far from it. He pursues beauty in this role, but the proportion of sex is a bit too much. I am a little curious about what he wrote in his letter. ⑤As for the plot, the part that promotes the emotional line is okay, but the other parts are hard to say. The climax feels like the last chapter, and the highlight is the brilliance of Han Song's thoughts.
After reading it, I quite liked it in the early stages. I think the incident where Shou helped solve the disaster relief fund was the most charming highlight moment in the book. He was courageous, resourceful, flexible and courageous. He was extremely reckless later on. You say you are for the people, what is the use of your life-threatening advice? I have seen the emperor act like this before, can he listen to you? It will also damage the forces that were gathered before the attack. Can you wait until the attack takes over after planning before launching it? Otherwise, your output will be dead and the people will not change. I don't understand why he thought that the attendant who was killed was not one of his father's subordinates. Wasn't this attendant asking him to spread the news? How does he seem to favor you? I originally thought that it was simply because I had been with this attendant for a long time and had not received any warmth, so even if the attendant was not one of my own, I was reluctant to let him die. Unexpectedly, at the end, it was said that Shou did not know that the attendant was his father, and then he found out that the attendant had betrayed him. I was shocked. This seemed a bit stupid. It's hard to comment on Shou's two relatives. Shou's mother really didn't feel how much she loved Shou. She didn't rush to find her son after Shou went out to live. She stayed in the palace, dressed and fed well. She felt great knowing that her son was by Gong's side in this capacity, and she didn't regret at all that Shou could pursue an official career. Brother Shou is a man who succeeds more than he succeeds. To put it bluntly, the suffering he suffers is because of him. Then this man doesn't seem to reflect on himself or do anything to make up for it. Instead, he just keeps adding to the trouble. He doesn't question his father for causing trouble every day. I think it's strange. The misunderstanding in the mid-game was also a super hero, dragging Shou's hair and actually hitting Shou on the head with a plate. Gong's subordinates also said that Gong didn't kill Shou because he loved him too much. You Tianlong people are really like this (fuck your forehead). In the end, even though his attack improved, he didn't suffer much. At least Shou didn't do anything to him (of course, Shou's personality meant that it was impossible to hit him). The only reason he endured hardship and was whipped was because he was the emperor, and this whipping was a perfect way to pave the way for their reconciliation. Both of Gong's subordinates looked very irritating. In the early stage, Gong relied on protecting one or two Shou, but these two subordinates simply treated Shou as a gadget. The most outrageous thing is that after Gong misunderstood Shou's part and was hit on the head with a plate, the man surnamed Xia came over and slapped him. Let me ask you, there is no specific effect or effect behind this slap. What is the identity and position of this person who is receiving the lesson? I really don't understand, and he still does it. It can be said that Shou has been looked down upon from the beginning to the end, which is so miserable. The most important thing is that no one faced his pain, and no one regretted the legitimate path he should have had. The most important thing is that the bad emperor even favored Shou Shigeng and said in public after he was granted an official title. It is really hard for me to imagine that even if Shou ascends the throne, Shou's foothold in the court will not be affected. Shou's thoughts are worthy of recognition. He has a set of standards and dares to resist and question the imperial power. But in his behavior and logic, sometimes I don't know whether his evaluation is too idealistic, too kind, or stupid. Many times I feel that he can't bear it anymore and he is still very tenacious. Sometimes he feels that the matter can be discussed in the long term and then he rushes up and shouts that the worst thing is to die, but even if he dies, the matter will not be solved or changed. This is the second book by the author I have subscribed to. The author's writing style is pretty good and the writing is quite fluent. I also like the character design of Shou. He is a great beauty and everyone sees his beauty. The palace struggle in this book is quite childish, and the ending is very sudden, just as sudden as the pseudo-orthopedics book I read written by the same author. Every time Shou made a move in that book, I was unexpected and out of control. Shou's adoptive relative was the Queen and his changes were inexplicable, but that book didn't look as angry as this one. This book is really distressing, and I always feel that no one around me can truly understand it, so I'll just have to deal with it in the later stages.
To be honest, I think this chapter is very meaningless. I can't understand that leaving is the so-called "victory", and I can't understand that a prince can't find someone hidden by a fourth-grade minister.
The front was sour, but when I saw the last sentence, I really [laughed and cried]
Hahahahahahahahahaha not clean
When will this episode be updated?
Seeing this, I just want to say that this prince is the author's biological son. He has a powerful mother's family, a favored emperor, and has been pampered all his life. Even before his death, the author had to design to be scorned by that prince, so that he would not regret that he could not meet the beauty.
When will the extra chapter be updated?
Wuhu ends with flowers???