Has the Good-for-Nothing Heir Suffered Enough Today?

[A stunningly beautiful, pampered young marquis who can't lift a finger x a rough-and-ready crown prince with all the strength and know-how needed to take good care of his darling]

Lou Tingxue transmigrates into the body of the spoiled, stunningly beautiful young marquis of the Mighty Marquis's Estate, a useless wastrel.

His birth mother died young, his father ignored him, and his stepmother raised him to be good for nothing. After he publicly announced that he liked men, his country-bumpkin father broke his leg and sent him back to the ancestral home in the countryside to farm for three years and reflect on his actions.

Lou Tingxue, who had never lifted a finger before transmigrating: "..."

On his first day working in the fields, Lou Tingxue fell and landed in the arms of the tenant farmer his steward had specifically found to teach him how to farm.

A strong body, firm pecs, sun-kissed skin, powerful arms... Every last detail hit Lou Tingxue's sweet spot!!!

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Lou Tingxue gets together with the tenant farmer, an orphan raising his sickly younger brother.

They spend not one extra day farming, but they never miss a meal.

To make things easier for the man who feeds him, Lou Tingxue puts his knowledge as a transmigrator to use, developing the curved-plow and composting, among other ways to ease farmers' burdens and boost both yields and incomes. He becomes famous throughout the land, attracting the emperor's attention and a direct summons back to the capital.

The day before he leaves, Lou Tingxue lies in the arms of the man who feeds him, drenched in sweat, and promises he'll definitely come back.

But plans can't keep up with change. His no-good father finds out what he's been up to at the ancestral home, keeps people watching him day and night, and forbids him from going back.

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The empress falls gravely ill, and the emperor's maternal uncle finds the crown prince, who had gone missing in the countryside eighteen years ago during a war. The whole realm celebrates.

Lou Tingxue meets his dissolute friends to watch wrestling and, while they critique the pecs of the two muscular men onstage, they talk about the news.

One of his friends asks, "Young Marquis, I hear the crown prince lived in Liu County, and your family's ancestral home is there too. Did you ever have the honor of meeting him?"

Lou Tingxue waves a hand. "No idea. Never met him. Don't know him."

His friend asks again, "So, are you going back there?"

Lou Tingxue thinks today's wrestling match is pretty lackluster and answers offhandedly, "I'm having too much fun here to miss home."

As soon as the words leave his mouth, he sees the man who feeds him standing nearby in fine silks, his expression frighteningly cold. Then he spots his no-good father beside him, a man who despises men who like men.

Oh no! His no-good father is about to pull the whole, "My good son was only playing with you. He won't come back to you" routine!

Lou Tingxue rushes forward, wraps both arms tightly around the man's waist, shuts his eyes, and shouts, "Husband!"

The whole place falls deathly silent.

After a long pause, Lou Tingxue hears his friend stammer, "Young Marquis, that's... that's the crown prince!"

Lou Tingxue: "…?"

Thud! His no-good father faints on the spot.

Reading Guide

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Theme: People should work hard.