Let Snow Fill My Lapels

■ A powerful couple who dote on each other | Childhood friends with mutual feelings | Stoic, insecure, secretly passionate, devoted guard top X powerful, ruthless, insecure, jealous and possessive ruler bottom

Ten years of open struggle for power, five years of undercurrents. The Seventh Prince emerged unscathed from the succession struggle, leaving even the Crown Prince, now Emperor, unable to do a thing to him.

He couldn't be demoted, not while the retired Emperor who doted on him was still alive.

He couldn't be killed, either. Countless assassins had been sent, and not one had succeeded.

So Quan Ye became Prince Chongning, still clad in fine furs and splendid robes, still basking in favor and surrounded by countless supporters. Even his distinguished bearing had not diminished in the slightest.

He was the very picture of elegance, with a face as beautiful as ice and snow. The world hailed him as a paragon of integrity.

Only Jinjin, the silent, mountain-like guard who stood straight as a tree and always placed himself between danger and his master, knew that in private, his master was ruthless, difficult, and impossible to read.

And utterly twisted.

"Smack."

A crisp slap swept through the air with a waft of fragrance, leaving five tingling marks.

Ren Xun's gaze darkened.

It didn't hurt, but it left his heart itching.

His master glanced at him and sneered. "Who gave you the right to make decisions for me? Who do you think you are to tell me whom I can favor?"

A silver whip flashed with cold light. His robes were as white as snow, gleaming before Ren Xun's eyes.

Ren Xun raised his hand, caught the whip, and pressed it to his chest.

"My prince, why not try favoring me instead?"

"I'm good at my job, and I'm tough as nails. I can take a beating."

You know these thirty-two scars on my body were all earned for you.

■ The bottom is haughty and stubborn, and only acts up around the top, so of course the top should tease him to his heart's content. The top is fierce and formidable, but obeys the bottom in everything and accepts whatever he dishes out, so sneaking in a kiss or two as a reward is only fair.

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■ Coming soon: "The Crane Calls in the Shadows". Younger top, powerful couple | Fake father and son, actually master and student | Tyrannical, domineering emperor top with a wicked heart X cold-faced, stern Imperial Tutor bottom who devotes his heart to the moon. A nurturing story where the top grows up crooked.

■ Coming soon: "The Sunken Sword of Loulan". Powerful couple | Forceful, domineering, fierce, and unhinged top X beautiful, strong, and battle-worn strategist bottom | Sent away to marry for an alliance, then taken captive. After he is wounded in battle, his sworn enemy becomes utterly devoted to him.

■ Complete: "The Phoenix Sings in the Western Hall". Younger top, powerful couple | Mutual devotion | Two emperors | Unhinged hostage prince top X aloof emperor bottom. Come give it a try!

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Theme: Summon the moon to shine upon the snow and ice within my heart.