The Scheming Male Concubine of a Feudal Patriarch

[Domestic Growing-Up Days | Pure Brotherhood Until Adulthood]

[Pretty, spoiled, willful young master bottom vs. domineering, patriarchal regent top]

1.

Male concubines were the lowest of the low in the noble households of Great Zhou.

They could only depend on the head of the household for their entire lives, at his mercy to be used, sold, traded, or passed along. Most ended up as male prostitutes in the pleasure quarters.

If a family sold their son to become someone’s male concubine, people would point fingers at them for the rest of their lives!

Jiang Yan was sold.

To curry favor with the emperor and the crown prince, and save the crumbling Duke of Rui’s household, Duke Rui sold his youngest son, Jiang Yan, born to a concubine, to the Ninth Prince, Xiao Yu, as a male concubine.

Jiang Yan was only three years old that year.

2.

The thirteenth year of the Jiatai era.

The Ninth Prince, Xiao Yu, was sent to the northwest to oversee the army after someone declared, “He will bring about his father’s death. He is a god of slaughter reborn.”

That winter, the thirteen-year-old left the capital in disgrace, taking along the male concubine he had been forced to take into his household, who still wet the bed.

He was gone for ten years.

No one had expected that Xiao Yu would not only survive the barbarian tribes invading the border during those ten years, but repeatedly defeat their armies, striking fear into the surrounding tribes and minor kingdoms. He left behind tales of deeds as fearsome as those of a demon from hell.

When word reached the capital, everyone was both awed and terrified of him!

They all said the Ninth Prince really was a god of slaughter reborn. His male concubine had been so young and small, surely Xiao Yu had already used him until he was ruined.

3.

The first year of the Chunhua era.

Only three years after Emperor Jiatai’s death, the new emperor, Longchang, died as well, and the less-than-one-year-old Emperor Chunhua ascended the throne.

Xiao Yu, who had been forbidden from ever returning to the capital, had become a regent commanding a million troops. The court welcomed him back in grand style.

As for the male concubine the late emperor had bestowed upon him...

Some said that Xiao Yu was bloodthirsty, and had likely used the boy as a target for military drills and killed him.

Some said that Xiao Yu was lustful, and had probably played him to death in the army tent.

Others said that the army had been short on money in the early years, so Xiao Yu and his men had grown tired of the boy and sold him to foreign merchants for military funds...

So when everyone learned that Xiao Yu had held a lantern festival for his male concubine as soon as he returned to the capital, they all rushed over to watch. Jiang Yan’s father, Duke Rui, went too, full of uncertainty.

The festival was packed with people.

Jiang Yan’s father asked, “Where’s that male concubine?”

Someone nearby said, “Good heavens! You didn’t see him? He’s riding on the regent’s shoulders!”

From that day on, everyone in the capital learned that Jiang Yan wasn’t some lowly male concubine at all.

He was the living treasure Xiao Yu had raised, taking the place of his father, mother, and elder brother, and cherishing him in the palm of his hand!

[Reader’s Guide] This novel will be VIP-exclusive starting December 30.

1. Everyday growing-up story! A slow burn! The story begins when the bottom is ten. The focus is on their daily life as they grow up!

2. Their feelings will gradually change only after the bottom is old enough for romance! Before then, they have a purely brotherly relationship!

But whether before or after they fall in love, the bottom is always the precious treasure the top cherishes with utmost care!

3. No huge, dramatic plot twists, but there’s a little melodrama!

4. Warm and sweet! Warm and sweet! Warm and sweet!

5. Not for fans of only the top, only the bottom, or strict equal treatment;

6. No shipping with other characters, breaking up the couple, reversing their roles, or pitting the two leads against each other!

[Important Notice]****

★ The leads have a purely brotherly relationship when they’re young! Purely brotherly!

★ When the bottom was sold at age three, there was no formal wedding or concubinage ceremony!

★ There wasn’t! There wasn’t! There wasn’t! Important things need to be said three times!

★ Their romantic and marital relationship will only be confirmed after they’ve grown up!

★ The evil institution of male concubinage in this setting will be abolished! The villains will all be punished!

Next novel: After the Poor Little One Remarries His Patriarchal Father-in-Law

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After the Poor Little One Remarries His Patriarchal Father-in-Law

Powerful, patriarchal head of the household & timid, pitiful beauty

Partly a coming-of-age story / forbidden relationship / size difference / age gap | Both are each other’s first and only, 1v1

1.

Shen Zhi was a poor soul.

His father died when he was three, his mother when he was five, and at fourteen his uncle sold him to the regent’s heir, who was throwing a fit and threatening to become a monk, as a good-luck bride to cure his madness.

Who could have guessed that just as they were about to exchange wedding vows, the heir would suddenly elope with his lover!

Everyone called Shen Zhi a jinx who would bring his husband to ruin!

They said that when the regent returned, he would either divorce him, sell him, or shave his head and throw him into a temple to be ogled as a blessing for the heir!

Shen Zhi thought so too, and was too frightened to move on the wedding bed.

So when Xiao Jue entered the bridal chamber and lifted the red curtain, this was what he saw:

His new daughter-in-law lay trembling on the bed, eyes brimming with tears, like a frightened little rabbit. She looked up at him timidly and called out in a quavering voice:

“F-Father-in-law...”

Xiao Jue froze. The words “divorce papers,” which had been on the tip of his tongue, silently retreated:

“Mm.”

2.

Everyone said that their powerful, sinister, and ruthless regent, Xiao Jue, had gone mad!

Not only had he refused to throw out the daughter-in-law who had driven his son to abandon his home, he was even pampering him like a precious treasure!

And he kept it up for five years!

“He’s still young. We can wait for Yucheng to come around. Then they’ll be able to get along.”

Whenever anyone asked Xiao Jue over those five years why he treated so well the person who had driven his son away from home, that was always his answer.

That was right.

He was good to his daughter-in-law only because he was waiting for his son to come around.

He taught his daughter-in-law to read and write, how to conduct himself, and kept him under strict discipline.

It was all so that when his son returned, he and his daughter-in-law could live together in harmony as husband and wife

For the sake of their happy marriage, he showered his daughter-in-law with the finest clothes and treasures in the world;

For the sake of their happy marriage, when his daughter-in-law first went into heat, he personally guided him through it, step by step;

For the sake of their happy marriage, he played both father and mother, keeping his timid, cowardly daughter-in-law close to his heart and spoiling him beyond all reason!

Then his damn deadbeat son actually came back...

Five years later, Xiao Yucheng, left penniless and heartbroken after being cheated out of his money and affection, decided to turn over a new leaf and build a loving marriage with Shen Zhi.

But when he returned home, full of anticipation

He heard his father’s voice coming from the room he shared with his wife:

“Good boy, lift your waist a little higher, just like Daddy taught you... That’s it, good boy.”

Xiao Yucheng: “?!”

Honey, Please Don’t Fall for Someone Else

Lin Yu, the youngest son of one of the top three richest families in City A, was a beauty known by everyone in the gay community.

A year ago, he married the man he had a crush on.

For the past year, he had kept his feelings secret,

while flirting with him in every way he could, both subtly and openly.

A year passed, and the man beside him remained unmoved.

One day, Lin Yu tried to drink his sorrows away. After a few rounds, a friend asked, “Do you really like him that much?”

Lin Yu smiled and downed another drink. His alluring eyes brimmed with tenderness, but his smile rang false.

Beneath the glittering lights, his face was like a perfectly bloomed red rose, breathtakingly beautiful and untouchable.

His friend’s heart skipped a beat. He quietly looked away, then awkwardly added, “With a face like yours, you could have any man you want. Why hang yourself from one dead branch?”

“Don’t forget, before you met him, you were the one choosing other people, not the one they chose.”

At that, Lin Yu paused, then glanced up at him. He took another drink, and this time his eyes cleared a little, as if the words had snapped him out of it. “You’re right. I’m Lin Yu.”

If he doesn’t want me, I’ll go after someone else.

Xu Yuan was a hotshot IT expert, seemingly devoid of desire and love both in public and in private.

One day, he realized he had fallen in love with his arranged-marriage partner, but he didn’t dare say so.

Because their marriage had been an accident from the very beginning.

He had always been waiting for that accident to come to an end. He was clear-headed, restrained, and mindful of boundaries. He thought he could keep his feelings for him under control.

Until one day, he discovered his arranged-marriage partner had started seeing other men...

After that, the usually reserved Xu, as slow as a block of wood, changed his ways and began fighting tooth and nail with the several new suitors who had suddenly appeared around Lin Yu.

After having their get-together interrupted for who knew how many times, Lin Yu wasn’t the least bit annoyed.

Instead, he gazed at the man before him with a playful smile in his affectionate eyes. This was the man who had shared his bed for a whole year without crossing the line, and now he was awkwardly trying to get close to him, just like his other suitors.

Lin Yu watched his ears turn red and saw the shy, restrained look on his face...

The iceberg that hadn’t melted in a year instantly turned into gentle water. It was a remarkable sight.

Lin Yu turned and settled into his lap, placing his slender fingers lightly on his lips. He tilted his head up and moistened those dry, red lips with a kiss. Smiling, he said, “You like me? Why didn’t you say so sooner?”

Xu Yuan’s breath caught. He stared at Lin Yu, his restrained hands resting on his waist and hips, until he heard the alluring chuckle of the man before him: “Take me.”

The next second, he pounced on him like a starving wolf.

Stiff, slow-witted, purehearted, reserved top

VS

A bottom who seems to have had countless lovers, but has never let anyone get close

Theme: Never give up in the face of adversity!