Gender Bender
The General Above
I woke up in my arch-rival’s bed.
His clothes were in disarray, his body was covered in red marks, and his eyes were clouded with the lingering haze of intimacy.
Shocked and enraged, I pointed at him and yelled, “Traitorous Chancellor, how dare you defile me-”
“This Chancellor has fulfilled every custom from the three letters to the six rites. Why would I not dare?” he countered calmly.
“Nonsense!” My eyes widened. “When did I ever marry you?”
“Not long ago,” he said, his long eyes narrowing as he looked at me, “while you were suffering from amnesia.”
Lin Xiaowu
In my third year of disguising myself as a man and sneaking into the Prince’s Mansion to work as a guard, I got involved with the prince’s male favorite.
I had meant to cut things off with him and sever all ties for good.
But whenever he took my hand during our secret meetings, my resolve would crumble.
And just like that, spineless and useless as I was, I committed a capital offense.
