After a Spoiled Young Master Married the Regent Prince in Someone Else's Place

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Jing Mo, the eldest young master of the Jing family in the capital, is carefree, unruly, and infamous throughout the city. But when his younger sister runs away from her wedding, he climbs into the bridal sedan and becomes the groom in her place.

His betrothed is the Regent, a man appointed by the late emperor. He has a title but no real power, thinks far too highly of himself, and is openly and secretly ostracized by the court, with hardly anywhere to turn. He wants to ride the Jing family's coattails, but Jing Mo has no intention of letting him have his way.

Jing Mo has heard that the Regent is blue-faced, fanged, hideously ugly, and afflicted with a secret ailment. But on their wedding night, when his veil is lifted, he locks eyes with a stunning beauty.

Jing Mo had a plan in mind, but the moment he saw the Regent, everything went off the rails. He had actually stumbled at the very first step.

With the red veil still over his head, he pinned the Regent to the bed and whispered in his ear, "Come to think of it, this is our wedding night..."

A gust of wind brushed past his cheek.

The Regent slapped him with the back of his hand.

Jing Mo: "..."

The Regent: "His Majesty decreed this marriage. I won't pursue the matter of you taking your sister's place. Let's stay out of each other's way and live in peace."

But after hearing that, Jing Mo was even less inclined to let him have his way.

The prince consort is beautiful, but his behavior defies all reason.

Yu Jiubai avoids his male prince consort, but the man keeps coming after him.

The prince consort covers his face and sobs, "We've been married for days, my lord. Why are you still so distant from me? Waaaah."

Yu Jiubai: "...Stop pretending."

The prince consort holds him tight and says softly, "My lord, I really mean it this time."

Yu Jiubai slaps him again, thinking that will make him stop, but a strange light gleams in the man's eyes.

Yu Jiubai: "..."

After that, the prince consort becomes even more unhinged.

"I'm your lawfully wedded wife. How can you leave me alone in an empty bed..."

"I suppose I've fallen deeply in love."

"Do you have feelings for me, my lord?"

Yu Jiubai gets goosebumps and goes on high alert. A madman! This man is absolutely insane!

He has to stay far away from him!!!

Later, the Regent takes his prince consort back to his hometown. Jing Mo discovers that the Regent, who claims to trust only himself, worships every god in the family shrine.

Their eyes meet, and the Regent looks utterly panicked.

Jing Mo lifts Yu Jiubai's chin. Looking into his tear-filled phoenix eyes, he keeps a firm grip on him and smiles.

"My lord, are you planning to pray to Buddha, or to me?"

[Scheming, two-faced, theatrical gong x arrogant, aloof, stoic shou]

Please note:

1. Happy ending, one-on-one, gong's point of view.

2. No historical research, fictional setting, don't take it too seriously.

3. The gong and shou will both change quite a bit over the course of the story.

4. Paragraph comments are enabled. 70% anti-piracy threshold.

[Thanks to @Fuxigui for the character cards]

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Blurb:

There is an immortal on Cloudreach Mountain, named Du Chunfeng.

Some say Cloudreach Mountain was once a graveyard, and that it somehow gained its name and an immortal in a time long past.

It is said that the red mark between the immortal's brows is an auspicious sign. To wish their children a safe life, people dot their babies' foreheads with cinnabar on the day they turn one month old. The immortal will know and protect them.

Only Du Chunfeng knows that he never enters the mortal world, and cannot protect anyone.

"The affairs of the mortal world are full of turmoil. To neither hear, divine, nor enter it: that is my path. Except..."

Except for that winter.

He personally dotted a cinnabar-red mark on Dongri's forehead.

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