Xiao Yu slips and transmigrates into the body of Xiao Yufang, the vicious and tyrannical Crown Prince of Da Qi.
The retribution for being a useless student in his previous life may be late, but it still arrives. Xiao Yufang knows nothing about history and has only scraps of unofficial history in his head.
And gay erotica.
Xiao Yufang does his best to extract the few bits of history from his brain full of junk:
1. In the first year of the Crown Prince's reign, the princes fight among themselves, and the new emperor is killed by his brothers.
2. The winner of the succession struggle is a dark horse. He likes men. At home, he forcibly takes handsome loyal officials; abroad, he sells his ass to the barbarians, invites the enemy in, and brings about the fall of the country and the destruction of his family.
Xiao Yufang can't remember the name of this menace, but he knows the man is gay.
All he has to do is find the brother who likes men, and he can nip this in the bud.
*
It sounds simple, but it's not.
Because every one of Xiao Yufang's younger brothers seems gay.
The second prince is delicate and frail, always coming and going with a burly guard, inseparable from him;
The third prince is a shut-in who paints beauties, especially delicate young men;
The fourth prince is as beautiful as a flower, has more than half the court on his side, and spends his days having candlelit talks with different men;
The fifth prince practices with swords and guns. To learn swordsmanship, he spends the night at the military camp year-round and is very close to the young general;
The sixth prince is born clever, loves following the fourth prince around, and just made a bombshell declaration at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet that he wants to marry his own fourth brother and make him his prince consort one day;
The seventh prince has only just learned to talk. His mother wants a girl, so she has him running around the back garden in little dresses all day. His upbringing is cause for concern.
Among this collection of talented brothers, the upright Xiao Yufang sticks out like a sore thumb.
Even after being interrogated in every way, none of the princes admits to liking men. They all look at Xiao Yufang as if he's a pervert.
Xiao Yufang feels wronged, but refuses to give up the only clue he has. He sends the strongest fighter in the Crown Prince's residence, Young General Mu, to eavesdrop outside the princes' residences and find the real gay!
*
Mu Zheng's father and elder brother died in battle when he was young. The suspicious old emperor kept him trapped in the capital, leaving him no chance to conquer the lands north of the desert. Instead, he became a dog at the Crown Prince's beck and call.
He resented this deeply and had several times considered murder. He never expected the Crown Prince, all looks and no substance, to suddenly change his personality. Not only did his voice turn gentle when giving orders, but he would occasionally reveal a glimpse of his fair wrist, so enticing.
Mu Zheng lowered his eyes, listening to the Crown Prince chatter on about things he couldn't understand, breathing in the faint scent of dragon's saliva incense on him.
The old emperor was growing weaker by the day, and all the princes were watching hungrily. Mu Zheng prepared to risk everything.
He kept the princes' residences under surveillance day and night, gathered evidence of their many crimes, and laid it on the Crown Prince's desk.
But the Crown Prince showed no delight. Under the lamplight, his limpid eyes turned to Mu Zheng, hesitant:
"They really aren't indulging in men?"
Seeing his hopes dashed inexplicably troubled Mu Zheng.
"There must be someone in our family who likes men. Sigh, who could it be? It's so frustrating!"
With the succession struggle about to begin, Mu Zheng saw the Crown Prince still worrying about his wolf-cub-like younger brothers and couldn't help laughing in exasperation. As he laughed, his gaze darkened, and he took one of the Crown Prince's hands, its skin as white as snow and bones as smooth as jade.
"Mm. It is frustrating."
He lowered his head and bit the Crown Prince's knuckle as the latter stared at him in horror.
*
At the end of another year, Mu Zheng led his army north to drive back the Tartars.
Xiao Yufang stopped looking for a gay among his younger brothers.
The person he was looking for had finally given himself away.
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Reader's note:
The blurb was screenshotted on 6.15.2026.
The protagonist's younger brothers are quite a handful, and not all of them are straight.
The setting is inspired by the Ming and Qing dynasties, but is fictional.
The protagonist's intelligence is unclear, but he is kindhearted. He was quite young when he transmigrated and had little education, so he knows nothing about history.
Gay erotica is a menace!
Theme: A young man's coming of age