The Gloomy Prince Who Was Humiliated Ascended the Throne

A story about a rabbit that accidentally falls into a doghouse and is eventually carried off by a dog who has fallen head over heels for it.

A dark, unhinged green-tea top who only has eyes for his wife X a pretty, slightly wicked but not too wicked, tempting bottom

Xie Mingyi, the young Imperial Uncle, has an empress for a sister to protect him, a prime minister for a father to back him up, and a crowd of wastrel friends at his side. No wonder he grew up spoiled and reckless.

But after eighteen years of life, Xie Mingyi finally learned that he was nothing more than a cannon-fodder character in a book.

In the near future, the protagonist would dismember him and toss him off a cliff to feed the wolves.

Xie Mingyi had an epiphany.

He decided to curry favor with the protagonist by bullying the villain.

Lu Weixue, the future great villain, was currently just a prince who had spent years confined to the Cold Palace and was deeply out of favor.

To ingratiate himself with the protagonist, Xie Mingyi made a rare appearance at the Imperial Academy. In front of everyone, he planted his foot on Lu Weixue's shoulder as the latter knelt on the ground, and smiled with effortless elegance.

"Either lick my shoes, or bark at me twice and say you're my dog."

Xie Mingyi thought this move had gone off spectacularly, and that the watching protagonist would surely remember his kindness in the future.

But a stream of text suddenly scrolled across his vision:

[Don't reward him, hey!]

[He's enjoying this, he's enjoying this! His sweet, soft wife is stepping on him!]

[Our precious Yangyang, watch out for the vicious dog! He's about to pounce and gobble you up in one bite, sob!]

Later, Xie Mingyi continued trying his best to make a good impression.

During the autumn hunt, he scolded Lu Weixue and demanded he hand over all the game he had caught.

The comments: [This dog is definitely no good! The only prey he cares about is you!]

During the selection, he tore Lu Weixue to shreds, even spreading rumors that he was all show and no substance.

The comments: [Some dog has been thinking about his wife all day. Don't worry, dear wife!]

After falling into the water, he even blamed Lu Weixue, the man who had saved his life. Why had he taken so long to rescue him? He'd made him swallow several mouthfuls of water!

The comments: [Wahahaha, silly Yangyang still doesn't know he was thoroughly taken advantage of in the water, does he?]

And so Xie Mingyi treated the ceaselessly celebratory comments as hallucinations and used every trick in the book to "bully" Lu Weixue.

When the plot went off the rails, he had no choice but to pack his valuables and flee overnight with the protagonist.

The rebel army swept through the land, installing a new emperor on the throne.

Xie Mingyi was preparing to marry in a home in Jiangnan when he was the first to be dragged out, tied up like a bundle, and thrown before the new emperor.

The chief strategist stroked his beard, smiling with confidence. "Your Majesty, this man has done all manner of evil. He's truly despicable! Why not behead him in public to ease your anger?"

The young emperor's gaze faltered. He descended the long flight of steps one by one, then pinched Xie Mingyi's chin as the commanders of the three armies looked on.

His voice was low and husky, his coaxing tone nonchalant:

"Your obedient dog is right here. Where else do you think you can run?"

*About how I made a nuisance of myself at every turn and somehow became His Majesty's one true love

- One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first and only

- The bottom has an extremely strong everyone-loves-him quality, and everyone is head over heels for him.

- Romance comes first, political scheming second. Everything is in service of the romance.

Check out the author's page for the upcoming story, After a Sickly Green-Tea Beauty Marries into a Feudal Patriarch's Household

Yu Lian is a sickly man whose heart is set on wealth and status, and he will stop at nothing to get what he wants.

After arranging for the Regent's heir's one true love to die in a foreign land, he finally got what he wanted and married into the princely household.

But after the wedding, the heir despised him at every turn and found even sharing a room with him disgusting.

Yu Lian didn't care. All he wanted was to live in comfort, soaking in precious medicinal herbs day after day and surviving for as long as he could.

Until the one true love, who should have been nothing but bones by now, returned alive and accused him of murder in front of everyone.

He had taken a life for the sake of his own wealth and glory.

Yu Lian, of course, denied it. Even with death staring him in the face, he argued back, cussed out the heir, and earned a dismissive "You're impossible" and a cup of poison. He died on the spot.

Reborn, he heard the heir's cold words again: "Affected, vulgar, and promiscuous." This time, Yu Lian didn't linger. He turned and headed straight for the Regent's residence.

In his previous life, he had been wrong. His mistake was not being ambitious enough.

-

Xiao Qi is ruthless and mercurial. Rumor has it he's cruel in the extreme, and any pretty young thing who tries to get close to him ends up dead or crippled.

Yu Lian abandons the handsome heir and sets his sights on Xiao Qi, the cold-faced King of Hell.

Everyone gossips and eagerly waits to see how the scandalous daughter-in-law and father-in-law drama will end, betting on when Yu Lian will have his eyes gouged out and be thrown from the residence.

The heir sneers down at him from on high, saying he asked for it.

He waits for Yu Lian to be thrown out by Xiao Qi, then come crawling back to beg him.

He waits and waits, but things start to take a strange turn.

Watching his adoptive father keep an ever closer eye on Yu Lian, the heir can't take it anymore. On the way to a palace banquet, he barges into the bedroom where Yu Lian, the "mistress of the household," is temporarily recuperating.

"If you still know enough to come beg me, I might consider taking you as a concubine..."

Before he can finish, his body freezes in place.

Through the swaying red gauze, Yu Lian sits helplessly on the edge of the bed, his clothes half undone and his hands tied behind his back.

His eyes are red-rimmed and sultry, but a silk handkerchief has been roughly stuffed into his mouth. He trembles uncontrollably and glances toward the door as if begging for help.

And the Regent, whose power dominates the court, is half crouched before him in a posture almost reverent. His large hand holds the beauty's white-jade ankle, and his voice is so gentle it sounds as if he's coaxing a child:

"Be good for me, all right, Lianlian?"

-

At first, Yu Lian uses his frail health as an excuse to go through the motions.

Later, he develops a taste for it. Whenever he sees Xiao Qi, he goes soft as an overripe peach...

A domineering, old-school patriarch with a huge appetite x a sickly green-tea beauty

[Reading Guide]

1. Marriage before love. At first, it's nothing but pure physical attraction.

2. No cheating. Please don't try to dictate how I write.

3. Age gap, size difference, skin-tone difference, and a little bit of discipline.

Theme: Love yourself as well as your partner.