[Obsessive, cunning regent gong, scheming and dramatic young emperor shou]
The puppet emperor Shen Yu received a secret report: Shen Heng, the regent who held all the power at court, was about to rebel.
At the time, Shen Yu had been openly pursuing Shen Heng for three months. He had only just slipped a fresh, heartfelt love letter onto the other man's bedside.
Afraid the letter would intensify Shen Heng's murderous intent, Shen Yu relied on his excellent lightness skills to break into the regent's manor again that night and steal it back. But he ran into Shen Heng, who had just finished his official duties, and was caught on the spot.
Shen Heng lowered his eyes and found two throwing darts tucked into the legs of Shen Yu's night clothes. His gaze was icy.
Shen Yu tugged at the sash of his night clothes and explained, "I really wasn't here to assassinate you."
"Indeed," Shen Heng said indifferently. "No one would bring an old man along to an assassination."
Shen Yu stiffened from head to toe and shoved away the old man he'd forcibly dragged along to show him the way.
Shen Heng sighed. "Next time, could you at least avoid getting caught so easily?"
"You're blaming me?!" Shen Yu looked close to tears. "It's not like I wanted to get lost..."
*
After all their efforts to get together came to nothing, Shen Heng claimed to be ill and stopped attending court. The officials assumed he was deliberately avoiding Shen Yu, so they seized the opportunity to pressure Shen Yu into choosing an empress.
Shen Yu felt his heart sink. He thought Shen Heng wanted to use the officials to cut off his own pathetic, unrequited love.
With no way to resist, he could only accept in humiliation.
And then... the regent's manor never received another love letter from Shen Yu.
Shen Heng, who was genuinely ill, was so furious that he leapt out of bed.
*
On their wedding night, the red candles glowed softly.
Shen Yu pushed open the palace doors. The person lying on the bed was not his new empress, but Shen Heng, his expression dark and cold.
If there had been anyone who could threaten Shen Heng, Shen Yu might have thought Shen Heng had been forced to stay by a drug that made people act recklessly until they couldn't leave the room.
Shen Yu's eyes lit up. Tears of joy filled them. "Uncle, does this mean you agree to be my empress?!"
Shen Heng's expression turned conflicted. He hesitated before answering, "I came to the wrong place."
Shen Yu looked utterly disappointed and turned to leave.
The next moment, a bone-chilling touch pressed against him, and someone grabbed him tightly around the waist.
The person behind him reeked of alcohol. Bending down, he asked in a husky voice, "Do you know how to favor your empress?"
Shen Yu honestly shook his head.
The regent, who had always been cold and unfeeling, suddenly smiled. "I'll teach you."
# Yes, I seduced my uncle
# He's pretty capable, so I guess I'll keep being a puppet emperor
1v1, happy ending, regent (uncle) gong, emperor shou, older gong, five-year age gap
The gong was originally from a different family and is not related to the shou by blood. There is a reason for the name change.
Sweet, mutually doting romance, healing story, the shou is the gong's beloved
The author has invented a mountain of details. The political maneuvering is just playacting, so please don't scrutinize it.
Theme: Believe that love can bring surprises
