[A beautiful man disguised as a woman, pretending to be mute, as the top × a devoted, honest, rugged farmer as the bottom]
Crown Prince Yu Wulan falls on hard times and has no choice but to fake his death to escape.
Disguised as a mute woman, he wraps himself in a black robe to hide the blood gushing from his wound.
Clutching a baby with delicate, doll-like features, he staggers along a country lane.
A tall man carrying firewood passes by and catches him just as he is about to collapse.
The man is Chu Tongsheng, a local villager.
Chu Tongsheng takes Yu Wulan back to his home.
The house is practically bare, and he has a whole family to support.
Yu Wulan is already prepared to share their hardships.
While the men work in the fields, he stays home with Chu Tongsheng's mother, washing clothes, cooking, and caring for the children.
All that matters is blending in and keeping his identity hidden.
Who could have guessed that after just one night,
Yu Wulan's back would ache from the hard bed.
Seeing this, the honest man Chu Tongsheng even offers to massage his shoulders.
A few days later, Chu Tongsheng buys several yards of fine cloth in town to make Yu Wulan some clothes.
He probably noticed how uncomfortable Yu Wulan was in his rough homespun clothes.
Chu Tongsheng is an efficient worker. Before heading to the fields each day, he tells Yu Wulan to rest if he gets tired and leave the chores for him when he gets back.
Yu Wulan is pretending to be a mute woman to hide his identity, not because he wants to be treated like a frail woman in need of pampering.
But it's hard to refuse Chu Tongsheng's kindness.
Later, Chu Tongsheng builds a new house and plans to marry him.
Many villagers gossip that Chu Tongsheng is actually going to marry a woman with a child whose origins are unknown.
Chu Tongsheng is angry, and even more afraid that Yu Wulan will be hurt. Usually reluctant to argue with anyone, he tells everyone plainly, “Lan'er is a good woman. Don't say hurtful things about him again.”
But one day, this “good woman” of his transforms into the crown prince, a man of noble status and wealth.
Chu Tongsheng is stunned and wants to run away.
But under Yu Wulan's tender advances, he sinks deeper and deeper...
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1. Set in a fictional world.
2. The story is about building wealth: farming in the early part, then doing business later.
3. There is only a little about court politics, and the top does not inherit the throne.
4. One-on-one romance, a sweet story where they both love each other. The bottom pampers the top and pursues him.
5. In the early and middle parts, the top is disguised as a mute woman and cannot speak at all.
6. Later, even after the bottom discovers the top's identity, the top continues dressing as a woman. The top rarely dresses as a man throughout the story.
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