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Xiao Yanshi, the heir to the Pingbei Marquis estate, was escorting his sister to Jiangling for her engagement when they encountered a group of highway robbers. The leader was quite handsome, the only flaw being that he was a man.
The two had a brief skirmish and fought to a draw. Xiao Yanshi thought to himself, “If only the other party were a woman, it would be great to marry him no, her home!”
Back in Jiangling, Xiao Yanshi couldn’t help but dwell on that bandit leader.
When he saw the man again while drinking with friends, he couldn’t help but lose his focus. A friend poked his arm, “You recognize him? That is the third young master of the Grand Princess’s mansion who just recently reclaimed his ancestry… but he’s just a dispensable illegitimate son!”
Xiao Yanshi instantly lost interest, draining a jar of strong wine in one go.
The Pingbei Marquis estate and the Grand Princess’s mansion had always been at odds. Even if the other man were handsome, Xiao Yanshi had no desire to be entangled with him.
However, fate did not follow his wishes. After one night of debauchery, Xiao Yanshi stared at the person beside him in shock. Less than half a day later, all of Jiangling knew that Xiao Yanshi had “consumed and wiped clean” the other man.
With his sister’s engagement imminent, Xiao Yanshi could not afford to tarnish the reputation of the Pingbei Marquis estate. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and beg the Emperor for an imperial decree to marry him. The two agreed to act like a loving, inseparable couple in public and get a divorce after one year.
But as days went by, Xiao Yanshi felt that his “male wife” seemed to have become too immersed in the role. Whenever he intended to drop a hint or two, he would lose his nerve the moment the man stepped closer.
Seeing that, just like the rest of the Marquis estate, he was also about to “defect to the enemy,” Xiao Yanshi gathered his courage and decisively chose to run away.
However, he never expected that not long after he escaped, the Emperor would pass away.
The new monarch ascended the throne, cruel and tyrannical by nature; everyone in the imperial court feared for their lives. Xiao Yanshi was summoned back to the capital.
The new Emperor waved away those around him and trapped him in the inner palace. “How about I build a golden cage and lock you up? That way, you won’t run away anymore.”
Xiao Yanshi, “…” Is it still too late to tear up that divorce agreement now!
It is rumored throughout Jiangling that the new Emperor was bewitched by a curse; otherwise, why would he take the Marquis Heir Xiao back into the palace to be the Empress?
When Xiao Yanshi heard this, he only wanted to curse. “I am the one who was bewitched! Back when we were married for so long, I was never the one on top even once!”
Oh wait, “navel-orange” (sexual position) doesn’t count!
