(Yan) Shameless, devoted, smooth-talking top X (Bai) Easily flustered, heartless beauty bottom
You can't worship both these temples on the same day.
The two immortal lords will get angry if you worship them both.
In life, one of the two immortal lords was a civil official, the other a military general.
Later, one ascended to immortality by saving the people, the other by slaying the enemy.
They'd never gotten along. Then, one day, they took shelter from the rain beneath the eaves, and one ended up spending the night at the Yan residence. A red mark was left on his neck, and rumors spread through the capital that the two had tumbled into bed together.
Bai Chengxiao glared. "Bullshit. He said there were lots of mosquitoes at his place, and one bit me in the night."
Yan Wufeng smiled without quite smiling.
Later, neither man married. They died one after the other, and the beloved emperor they had both supported, a man who had risen from humble beginnings, tearfully wrote a pair of funeral couplets for them.
He got the horizontal inscription wrong and wrote, "May you enjoy a hundred years of wedded bliss," personally confirming the rumor.
After that, their temples were built side by side and called the Married Couple's Temples. But worshipping at both at once didn't seem to work very well. People said the civil god was too jealous to let anyone worship his husband.
Bai Chengxiao heard all this in heaven and nearly spat blood.
"Heavens above, who even cares about that smiling tiger?"
He glared at the person lying beside him. The man merely reached out, pulled him down, and smiled. "What are you thinking about? It's cold tonight. Come cuddle some more."
Bai Chengxiao cursed at him. "Cuddle, my ass. Your room's cold, is it? Fine, I'll just sleep in your room."
Yan Wufeng perked up. "Wonderful! The world has already had us rolling around together tens of thousands of times. One real tumble won't hurt."
"...I said I'd sleep in your room by myself. Get lost, you lecher!"
Later, disaster struck the mortal world, and the two descended to fulfill their duties. They kissed, slept together, and drank wine. They really became husband and husband.
"After you died, I gazed toward the heavenly palace night after night, unable to voice my feelings. But our enemies had not yet been vanquished, and I could not pursue my own desires."
"Later, when blades pierced my guts, I was overjoyed. At last, I could die with you."
[Reader's Guide]
1. One-on-one, happy ending.
2. Alternate history.
3. The main text is told from the bottom's point of view.
4. Blurb captured on May 29, 2024.
Theme: May I be like the stars and you like the moon, shining together night after night.
