The Handsome Minister Misidentified His Baby

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[Career-Driven x Hopeless Romantic]

Xie Shaohuai's goal is to become a marquis and prime minister. Then he suddenly discovers he's a disposable character in a storybook. Not only does he suffer from a certain poison that flares up once a month, but he's also destined to marry the villainous prince, be toyed with in every way, end up pregnant and thrown in prison, and waste away his life...

Luckily, Liang Wang Xiao Chengye, the rebel who will humiliate him, is still just a boy who likes riding horses and playing ball. Xie Shaohuai only has to crook a finger, and Xiao Chengye falls at his feet, becoming a convenient tool for relieving his love poison.

But as they keep sleeping together, Xie Shaohuai increasingly feels that the boy who just puts his head down and works hard is nothing like a villain. That is, until one day, the emperor adopts an older brother and makes him a prince. The man is so fierce he might as well have VILLAIN written across his face.

Xie Shaohuai strokes his now-enlarged belly and falls into deep thought...

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After confirming that he'd mistaken the wrong person for the villain, Xie Shaohuai grits his teeth and divorces Xiao Chengye. The young man leaves with their child, and is gone for three years.

By then, Xie Shaohuai has made a name for himself and risen to the rank of one of the Nine Ministers. Everyone looks up to him.

Xie Shaohuai goes to Xiao Chengye's fief to serve temporarily as the local prefect. The young man he hasn't seen in years has grown into a fearsome general. The man receives him on imperial orders, holding a little one who looks very much like him. His eyes are cold as a falcon's, and he treats Xie Shaohuai like a stranger.

Life on the frontier is harsh, and conditions are severe.

Xie Shaohuai can endure anything, but he simply can't bear going a month without a bath. Water is scarce, so to get any he has to ask Liang Wang.

Xie Shaohuai steels himself and asks the man. The water arrives, but the person delivering it refuses to leave. His gaze sweeps over Xie Shaohuai like a fiery tongue, and he says coldly, "Is there any part of Your Excellency that I haven't seen or touched?"

Xie Shaohuai: "..."

Later, whenever Xie Shaohuai wants something, the man's demands grow more and more outrageous. Before they know it, the two are in bed together again. Xie Shaohuai thinks that since Xiao Chengye still has feelings for him, they might as well make up for the child's sake.

But the man pulls up his pants and flatly refuses. "That won't do. Your Excellency abandoned your husband and child first. How could I make the same mistake again? Unless..."

With that, the man presses Xie Shaohuai onto the bed and rubs his belly. "Unless Your Excellency gives me another child."

Xie Shaohuai: "…"

Theme: The east is lost, but the mulberry fields are not too late.