The Genius Imperial Tutor Has No Sense of Romance

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[Gentle, fatherly tutor gong x domineering, hopelessly love-struck emperor shou]

He spent six years pretending to be an idiot, then ascended the throne in a single day, all thanks to that workaholic imperial tutor.

After his ascension, Xiao Jing, once an unfavored prince who should have been groveling in the mud and awaiting his fate, transformed into a mighty and imposing emperor, manipulating ministers and corrupt eunuchs alike with ease.

Yet there was one person he feared above all.

Chen Yuxiu would furrow his brow, and Xiao Jing's legs would go weak. Chen Yuxiu would give him a cold look, and he would feel so wronged he wanted to cry. Chen Yuxiu would advise him to take an empress and produce an heir, and he...

He couldn't take it anymore!

Xiao Jing gritted his teeth and thought that Elder Chen was utterly clueless about romance!

He had long since fallen for his teacher. They had shared a bed for six years, after all, from when he was a little kid to now...

But Chen Yuxiu still treated him like a little kid.

Xiao Jing was at his wit's end. In his teacher's eyes, all his coaxing and acting spoiled were childish antics. Hugs were easily pushed away, and sharing a bed was somehow even more chaste than before.

But his heart was growing more restless by the day, and Xiao Jing could no longer sit around and do nothing!

So!

What should he do after making Chen Yuxiu angry?

After spending a lonely night in an empty room, Xiao Jing put on an act the next day. In full view of the public, he behaved shamelessly, threw himself into his role, and, struck by inspiration, pressed his face close to his teacher's, forcing him to slap him lightly.

People said the emperor and his minister would turn against each other, and that sooner or later Chen Yuxiu would be torn apart and doomed to suffer forever.

Only Xiao Jing saw the helpless, pained look in his teacher's eyes, and knew his scheme had worked.

That night, he turned around and hugged the unsuspecting Chen Yuxiu.

"Are you still angry with me, Teacher?" Xiao Jing hugged him tightly from behind, his voice full of grievance.

Chen Yuxiu gritted his teeth in silence, struggling to control his increasingly heavy breathing.

After a long pause, he said only, "Junheng, let go."

Xiao Jing didn't understand why, and fell asleep without another care. When he woke the next morning...

Workaholic Chen Yuxiu had slacked off and couldn't get out of bed!

What do you do when you can't resist wanting to kiss him?

Chen Yuxiu turned out to be a one-cup drunk. A few sips were enough to leave him unconscious.

Xiao Jing was emperor, but even he couldn't defy his instincts.

Yet even when he worked up the nerve to get close, all he managed was a faint kiss on the corner of Chen Yuxiu's mouth.

He was thrilled, while Chen Yuxiu knew nothing and remained unmoved...

But at last, at the victory banquet, Chen Yuxiu drank cup after cup and still looked perfectly composed.

Xiao Jing watched with his own eyes, but sat trembling with cold sweat on the dragon throne, where everyone looked up to him.

With a shaking hand, he looked toward Chen Yuxiu.

As if sensing his gaze, Chen Yuxiu looked over at him.

He raised his wine cup and smiled as he brought it to his lips, his dark eyes fixed straight on his student, the emperor.

What a promising student.

He had already noticed Xiao Jing's feelings for him in secret. It was only now that he suddenly realized the truth.

Xiao Jing had grown up.

And yet Xiao Jing still seemed like the helpless child who had once gone mad and wept when betrayed by his own family.

Chen Yuxiu watched as Xiao Jing went berserk, overturned tables, smashed up the hall, and ordered the execution by beating of anyone who tried to talk him down.

He stepped forward and stood calmly before Xiao Jing.

Sure enough, Xiao Jing fell silent.

"Chen Yuxiu, are you going to scold me again?" Xiao Jing threw caution to the wind and insisted on being disrespectful, a carefree smile playing on his lips.

Chen Yuxiu was unmoved. "Does Your Majesty not deserve to be scolded?"

Xiao Jing couldn't bear it anymore. Looking at that utterly emotionless face, he reached out and pushed Chen Yuxiu away.

But his hands were already shaking uncontrollably.

Chen Yuxiu smiled.

To Xiao Jing's cry of alarm, he bent down and hoisted him over his shoulder.

"Chen Yuxiu, what are you doing?!" Hanging upside down, Xiao Jing pounded on his back.

How could a mere civil official be so strong?!

Chen Yuxiu strolled toward the bedchamber and gave Xiao Jing's backside a smack.

"Presenting a remonstrance to Your Majesty." His voice, however, was dangerously calm.

No one knew what happened between the emperor and his minister in the bedchamber.

All they knew was that the next day, Xiao Jing finally settled into Chen Yuxiu's arms, enduring the soreness and feeling at peace.

"I'll be a wise ruler for you, Teacher."

"Hm?"

"I'll be a wise ruler for the people."

The world cast me aside like a weed. My teacher treasures me like a jewel.

Reading guide:

1. Chen Yuxiu x Xiao Jing. Older gong! Both are each other's only ones, one-to-one pairing. No switching or breaking them up.

2. Readers who are strongly attached to either the gong or shou, please beware! The age gap between the main characters is considerable: 11 years.

3. The setting is an alternate history. The plot is fictional, so please don't scrutinize it too closely. If anything seems unreasonable, feel free to point it out gently.

4. The author isn't very knowledgeable about culture or history, and the political scheming is simplistic. Just enjoy it for fun.

--------Coming soon--------

A stunning bad cat Omega with amazing combat skills but a sweet personality x a controlling, old-fashioned, fatherly Alpha who sternly disciplines his little wife

Li Su is a beautiful Maine Coon. He grew up exposed to the elements and nearly froze to death in the bitter winter.

Until the leader of the Anmi took him in, and he trained himself in all kinds of special skills.

He's not only incredibly powerful, able to run or fight, but also a natural actor. He can cry on cue, and he's a master of acting cute, sweet-talking, and scamming people.

Later, he becomes the new leader and learns that he's actually the real young master of a noble family!

The fake young master, who is exhausted from socializing day in and day out, is now supposed to marry the coldest and most ruthless Alpha in City A. He completely breaks down and wants to give Li Su his identity back.

Li Su doesn't want to give up his carefree life, so he comes up with a plan in a pinch.

"Three months. I'll help you ruin the engagement."

-

Rumor has it that his fiancé is refined and aloof, and hates having people get close.

Li Su happily goes to the banquet. In front of everyone, he throws himself into the arms of the cold-eyed Alpha and boldly asks, "Mr. Liang, could you take me home?"

The Omega's round, grape-dark eyes flash like hazard lights. "I mean... your home."

He's looking forward to his fiancé losing his temper and calling off the engagement.

Instead, his fiancé simply says, "All right."

Li Su: "...Meow?"

In the end, the arrogant Second Young Master Liang, famous for his aloofness, takes the lovely little fraud trembling in his arms home.

-

Liang Yitang appears to be the second young master of a wealthy conglomerate, but in reality, he's an inspector of special species, and an extremely strict man.

Recently, he discovers that the fake little fraud who moved into his home as his fiancée is actually the kitten he found when he was young, only for it to run away by accident.

Having gotten back what he lost, he acts cold and sharp-tongued, showing the little fraud no kindness.

In secret, he keeps the other man under close watch, afraid that his pampered little cat will end up in another Alpha's bed during his heat.

He wishes he could put a collar on the little fraud, keep him at home, and have him all to himself.

Until one day, some thugs foolishly pick a fight with his little wife.

With a murderous look on his face, Liang Yitang tracks down their hideout, ready to wipe them all out.

Instead, he sees the beautiful little cat, who should be sleeping obediently in bed, leaping all over a private room and taking on four people at once. After knocking them all down, he hangs upside down from a crystal chandelier.

...Is this really his helpless, delicate fiancée?

-

Late at night, the team searching the city for the leader of the Anmi sends word that they've captured the first blurry image of the bad cat.

In the picture, the bad cat moves so fast that he leaves afterimages, gleefully darting through the treetops.

A team member roars: "Evil bad cat, extremely dangerous!!!"

Liang Yitang lies in bed and silently glances at the pretty little fraud asleep on his chest, drooling and mumbling in his sleep. He narrows his eyes and falls into thought.

Well... pretty evil, pretty dangerous.

-

Li Su goes to great lengths to anger his fiancé, but not only does he fail to get out of the engagement, he leaves the man completely smitten.

The Alpha is sharp-tongued and bad-tempered, and often spanks him like a misbehaving child. But he cooks well, has a safe and spacious mansion, and best of all, serves meat at every meal.

Li Su is starting to feel reluctant to leave.

Then the secret of the real and fake young masters suddenly comes out.

As he hurriedly flees back to his territory, he sees the figure in the highest-ranking uniform in City A. His lips tremble.

The Alpha's icy voice sends a shiver down his spine.

"Where do you think you're running, Leader?"

The mysterious and powerful leader of the Anmi turns out to be the real young master of the Maine Coon nobility.

The news spreads. His parents offer a fortune to buy the cat back, and his companions risk their lives to protect him. In the end, they all watch helplessly as the cold and unsociable inspector Liang Yitang carries the struggling man into his car.

The words heard just before the door closes shock everyone.

"A naughty boy who ran away from home needs to be locked up and taught a proper lesson."

Theme: Everyday life in an imperial court between ruler and minister.