After Failing to Pass as a Good Person, I Rule the Court

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[High-ranking official / revenge / beautiful but tragic protagonist / older love interest / daily life / short story]

[Flirtatious scheming bottom vs. gentle, devious top]

[Student x Prince]

In the twenty-fourth year of the Great Wei, with the year drawing to a close,

Shengjing seemed peaceful and bustling, but under the surface, undercurrents were running strong.

Ji Qinghe, the top student at the Imperial Academy,

appeared gentle and kind, but was actually cold-hearted, unfeeling, and deeply cunning.

The young master had done a good job of keeping his true nature hidden. His only slip-up came when he met a man at a brothel that day.

The man was untouchable, with an imposing presence and a pair of captivating phoenix eyes.

Ji Qinghe was pulled close by the waist and tucked protectively into his arms.

His composed, refined demeanor instantly melted into a blush. His heart fluttered again and again, and he forgot how to push the man away.

The lovestruck cat had merely squeezed the man's fingers, then fled through the window, throwing dignity to the wind.

All he left behind was a string of green sandalwood beads and a faint lingering fragrance by the window.

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Ji Qinghe thought they would never meet again.

Then, on a snowy day, the man came toward him, his smile as gentle as water, yet more stirring than the bitter wind.

A nobleman of the imperial family and a student of the Imperial Academy shared a room and a bed.

It seemed something hard to explain was passing between them.

But when the unspoken truth came out, it was a cruel one.

Ji Qinghe was putting on an act, but wasn't Lou Yanhui watching a show too?

A man with power over the entire court was free to play at life as he pleased.

But Ji Qinghe didn't want to play along anymore. He'd pretended for long enough.

"Your Highness is of noble status. I dare not presume to call you elder brother."

If you shut your heart to love, who could ever take you seriously?

The frail little cat had no time to amuse a tiger. He needed to return to his snake den.

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Lou Yanhui admitted that at first he had been kind to Ji Qinghe only because his sworn elder brother and sister-in-law had asked him to look after the young man.

But as the youth slowly dug into his heart, Lou Yanhui realized it was already filled to the brim with him.

"Qinghe, would you come back with me to the frontier? Forget the affairs of court. It would be just you and me."

In the Moonwatch Pavilion, Lou Yanhui eagerly held onto the other's belt.

But the answer he received was to let go.

The moonlike youth wore his robe half open, leaning lightly against Lou Yanhui's knees.

A smile played at his lips, and ambition filled his eyes.

"Yanhui, I can't be a cat kept by someone else. Anyone who stands in my way will end up dead."

A cat-snake is still a snake. When he bares his fangs and bites,

even the most exalted nobleman will have to kneel!

Once he stopped pretending, he went on a rampage through the court.

Five years later, the cat-snake was ready to take back everything that belonged to him!

But on the night a hundred thousand cavalry finally brought his prince home,

the man, starved of sex for so long, devoured the cat-snake from head to toe.

"Mmm... I can't fit any more in my stomach! Lou Yanhui, I'll kill you!"

"Wouldn't that make all your effort go to waste? Chief Minister, have a few more of the grapes I brought back. They're sweet, refreshing, and juicy~"

#How to curl up sweetly in your wife's bed

#The days when the little cat kept me

This story is also titled Drunk in the Chill of Spring.

[Set in a fictional world, with invented details. A silly, melodramatic story, with an eight-year age gap.]

---------- Myriad Adored Prince Seized by a Powerful Minister ----------

[Flirtation / identity reveal / political intrigue / adventure and the supernatural / pregnancy]

[Pure-hearted, aloof, doting bottom vs. cruel, sinister, ghostlike top]

[Prince x Powerful Minister]

Xiao Yisu transmigrated into the body of the late emperor's youngest son, who should have been spoiled beyond measure.

But the timing was bad. He arrived with an incurable curse poisoning his body.

When it flared up, he grew fluffy ears and a tail, along with a fever that wouldn't break.

Only a dip in a cold spring could ease the pain.

After people saw him in a few humiliating states following his illness, the Ninth Prince's reputation was in tatters.

But with a face like jade and the emperor's favor, admirers flocked to him like fish swimming upstream, all willing to become the beauty's secret lover.

Afraid someone would realize he wasn't the original owner of the body, Xiao Yisu was usually extremely cautious. Then came the palace banquet.

When he woke up, he found red marks all over his body, his clothes in disarray, and his legs trembling...

There were two suspects: the heir to the Duke Who Protects the Nation and the legitimate son of Chancellor Ning were both looking for him.

Terrified, Xiao Yisu disguised himself as a palace eunuch and hurried off, only to be cornered by a man as fearsome as the King of Hell, along with his men.

The Prince Regent said his cat was missing.

Xiao Yisu clamped down on his tail, which hadn't changed back yet. "I don't know. I didn't see anything. What are you talking about?"

This won't do!

If he didn't find an antidote soon, he'd scare himself to death!

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Pei Henan, Prince Regent and the only non-imperial prince in Great Shuo, commanded a huge army and held power over the entire court.

Even the emperor had to treat him with respect, let alone the man who had stumbled right into his hands.

Seeing the little fellow trembling like a leaf, Pei Henan waved him off in disdain.

How could a lowlife from a brothel presume to speak to him?

They met again at a shady inn on a rainy night. The drugged man, collapsed in his arms, was awkward and carried a cool fragrance. For some reason, he seemed familiar.

Pei Henan's gaze darkened slightly as the hand supporting the slender waist tightened.

He only wanted to know why the little prince, who had seduced two rising stars of the court, had sneaked out of the palace.

The two men, who had no reason to cross paths, traveled together, accompanied by two elite guard squads and a single thin coffin. Everything about it was bizarre.

But after just a month with the other man, Pei Henan felt as though a grave had been dug right through his heart.

They'd been apart for only three days when Pei Henan began to regret it.

It seemed he'd lost another cat...

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At last, Xiao Yisu found a way to cure the curse and was overjoyed.

But why had he been feeling sick lately? Could the original owner of the body have had another illness?

What? He's pregnant?

You quack of a doctor, you tricked me!

The sons of two important ministers publicly demanded marriage at court, while the Crown Prince seized him and confined him in the Eastern Palace.

"Little Imperial Uncle, where do you think you're going with my imperial heir in your belly?"

Riding a tall horse, with a million troops behind him, the Prince Regent laughed as he fought his way back to the capital.

"All of you, move! I've found my cat!"

Gripping him by the scruff, Pei Henan squeezed the tip of his trembling tail.

"Xiao Yisu, you slept with me and still thought you could deny it?"

The poor thing's ears popped up in fright as he clutched his swollen belly.

"It wasn't me! I didn't! You're making things up!"

Theme: Never forget your original aspirations, and you will reach your destination.