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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.“Shiyu, my heart is true for you.” These were the blatant words of passion that emerged from the Imperial Marshal‘s own lips. Yet, Chu Mingyun could not help the urge to pinch his own arm from within his sleeve.
Su Shiyu’s gentle smile deepened suddenly in that instant. The Imperial Censor then narrowed his eyes all of a sudden, before a few gentle words escaped his lips. “Are you sick?”
“Indeed I am, with lovesickness.” Chu Mingyun did not waver as he said this, and neither did his words, which he delivered without a moment’s hesitation.
“Now, if you will excuse me,” Su Shiyu nodded politely before turning around to make his leave.
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Thus began the story of two people: a person who only pretended to be a cut-sleeve (T/N: literary/euphemistic term meaning ‘homosexual’) at first, but really ended up becoming one, and the person who didn’t want to get involved with said cut-sleeve, yet became a cut-sleeve even earlier than him.
This is a tale where sycophancy meets loyalty. Whenever two parties with clashing ideals cross paths, they tend to misuse each other.
You have been warned—when the goal is no longer to kill relentlessly, it becomes to love unendingly.
Is the gentleman ill? There is no cure for lovesickness.
There are mountains and rivers in your eyes, and they trump all the evergreen existences that have passed me by.
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In short: The top-ranking military official pretends to fall in love with the top-ranking civil official, his rival of all time. Shenanigans ensue, but so does love.
Main CP – Evil, scheming gong (Chu Mingyun) x Gentle, scheming shou (Su Shiyu) – HE. Enemies to lovers. 1v1.
Side CP 1 – Expressionlessly passionate Shadow Guard (Qin Zhao) x Cute and air-headed medical physician (Du Yue)
Side CP 2 – Emperor (Li Yanzhen) x Brazen Jianghu Girl (Lu Qing)
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(Note: The above is the more current and slightly longer summary by the third translator, updated as of September 2024. Alternative summaries/descriptions are available at Dust Bunny Translations and Uhei Translations.)
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One entry per lineHow is the Gentleman Faring?
Is the Gentleman Feeling Alright?
ปฏิปักษ์คู่บัลลังก์
君有疾否
군유질부
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Date | Group | Release |
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01/03/25 | Chrysanthemum Garden | c92 |
01/03/25 | Chrysanthemum Garden | c91 |
01/02/25 | Chrysanthemum Garden | c90 |
12/30/24 | Chrysanthemum Garden | c89 part2 |
12/30/24 | Chrysanthemum Garden | c89 part1 |
12/29/24 | Chrysanthemum Garden | c88 part2 |
12/29/24 | Chrysanthemum Garden | c88 part1 |
12/28/24 | Chrysanthemum Garden | c87 part2 |
12/28/24 | Chrysanthemum Garden | c87 part1 |
12/28/24 | Chrysanthemum Garden | c86 part2 |
12/28/24 | Chrysanthemum Garden | c86 part1 |
12/27/24 | Chrysanthemum Garden | c85 part2 |
12/27/24 | Chrysanthemum Garden | c85 part1 |
12/27/24 | Chrysanthemum Garden | c84 part2 |
12/27/24 | Chrysanthemum Garden | c84 part1 |
- The MC (gong) constantly gropes the ML (shou) and if the ML (shou) refuses, he just harasses him more.
- If the ML (shou) tries to resist, the MC (gong) threatens to humiliate him in public. They also happen to be colleagues, so this is essentially workplace harassment.
- The MC (gong) spreads a rumour that he is in love with ML (shou) in order to stalk him.
- The MC (gong) repeatedly sabotages ML (shou) at work in order to discredit him in front of his boss (the Emperor). Although at the beginning, this is because they're rival statesmen leading two separate political camps, later on in the story, it takes a s*xual turn.
- At one point, the ML (shou) is drugged by a third party and tries to resist but MC (gong) takes advantage of him anyway. ML clearly says no when this happens.
- The MC (gong) tampers with ML's (shou) communication with his subordinates in order to control him. When ML (shou) does the same thing he gets all triggered and physical about it because it's not out of "true love" *eye roll*
- Every time MC (gong) harasses ML (shou) and ML (shou) resists, MC (gong) says "I know you're just embarrassed / shy and you actually like it".
- He does an extremely f*cked up thing near the end because he wants to force ML (shou) to stay with him.
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- Right before ML and MC finally get together
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Throughout the entire story, he is borderline suicidal, so it's fairly in character.
In essence, ML falls for someone who not only is a s*x offender, but also doesn't share any of his values. He just deludes himself into thinking that they are similar and later convinces himself that he's even doing the right thing politically, when he has no other choice. Pretty much every "upright" thing MC says at some point is proven to be a lie through his actions in the story. On top of that, the author, through ML and other side characters, constantly go on and on about how ML is cold-hearted becauseHe drugs him. Also, if you drug someone because you want to lock them up and r*pe them, and then you change your mind afterward, that does not make you a decent person!
and after ML becomes Emperor, ML threatens to commit su*cide by letting the Xiongnu and Li Chenghua (Prince of Xiling) kill 7000 of his elite troops and overrun the capital. The reasoning for this is because he's pissed about ML ignoring him.
he doesn't side with his relatives when they commit treason, an act which results in the death of suffering of tens of thousands of commoners, as well as innocent officials in the court, and a side character who ML sees as a younger sister.
her husband participating in the slaughtering / mass exodus of an entire city.
He blames ML for leading him on even though ML is perfectly clear that he doesn't approve of MC rebelling. He acts as if ML is the unreasonable one for having different political beliefs, a fact which he knew from the start!
And yes, MC leads a military coup and almost kills the Emperor, who ML treats like a younger brother. He also uses the exact same excuse as their "enemy", prince of Xiling, that Li Yanzhen is incompetent, a de jure Emperor who doesn't have real authority, and the court is held up by MC and ML.
Worth noting is the fact that MC would attempt to kill ML and there would be a civil war if they weren't "in love". Also worth noting is that MC almost allowed the Xiongnu to overrun the capital because ML refused to acknowledge him. This is despite his tirades about how much he hates cowardly / irresponsible civil officials who don't defend Daxia against the Xiongnu.
He basically threatened mass mu*der - su*cide (which is emotional ab*se!) to get with ML, and he's clearly even less responsible than Li Yanzhen. This makes ML's so-called principled behaviour extremely dubious.
The princess of Loulan dies because she trusts a Han merchant she fell in love with. Though this is not her fault, it seriously damages the political relationship between Loulan and Daxia.
The woman who asks Su Shiyu (ML) to spare her husband who committed treason ends up dying with her son. This is because, even though she doesn't agree with his actions (participating in the slaughter and mass exodus of an entire city and rebelling against the Emperor), he loves her and wants to sacrifice herself with him. By the way, she claims that he loves her and has always treated her well, but he has no respect for her opinion to the end. Then she refuses to escape the city without him, which is fine, except this also results in her son dying as well. She doesn't even make a cursory attempt to protect him, because apparently he (along with all the previous residents of the city) are just that unimportant compared to her husband. And this is the "warm-hearted" model of love MC wants ML to be.
After Jingshu hears that Li Che is dead, she immediately commits su*cide. Li Che isn't actually dead and is heartbroken when he finds out. How dogblood.
MC kills innocent courtiers, breaks laws as an official, and deposes and almost kills the Emperor, who ML grew up beside and swore to protect. Despite this, all ML does is kneel in the ancestral hall, feel bad for a bit, and then get together with the MC.
As for the side pairing, Du Yue has an IQ that is low enough that he's probably unfit for military service. Qin Zhao doesn't do anything particularly bad, and he's one of the few reasonable characters in the story, but the side pair barely shows up anyway.
Li Yanzhen and Li Qinghe (Emperor and Lu Shi's daughter) are fairly likeable, but Li Qinghe also attempts to "sacrifice her life for love" during the coup. Li Yanzhen also was plotted by one of his concubines, and then later almost poisoned to death by her, and despite this, chose to forgive her when she died.