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The Taster Who Caught the Regent's Poison

A serialized novel · 24 chapters published · 3 free to read

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The Emperor's food taster catches the Prince Regent putting sleepwort in the boy's soup, and the Regent does not deny it: he pins the taster against a pillar, inspects his tongue and tells him to go ahead and tell someone. Nobody will believe a kitchen boy, and both of them know it.

Tropes & themes: redemption arc · male lead · royal palace · forced proximity · palace intrigue · romance · enemies to lovers · boys love · possessive love · first love · timeless fantasy · period drama · danmei · manhua romance · steamy

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1: Four Grains (free)
  2. Chapter 2: Open (free)
  3. Chapter 3: Honey (free)
  4. Chapter 4: The Twelfth Cup (free with an account)
  5. Chapter 5: The Blindfold (free with an account)
  6. Chapter 6: The Roof (free with an account)
  7. Chapter 7: Mine (free with an account)
  8. Chapter 8: The Tasters' Stair (free with an account)
  9. Chapter 9: The Witness (free with an account)
  10. Chapter 10: The Bath Hall (free with an account)
  11. Chapter 11: The One Before You (free with an account)
  12. Chapter 12: The Audience (free with an account)
  13. Chapter 13: Forty-Two Bowls (locked)
  14. Chapter 14: The Taster's Hand (locked)
  15. Chapter 15: What the Boy Touches (locked)
  16. Chapter 16: Noodles (locked)
  17. Chapter 17: Command Me (locked)
  18. Chapter 18: The Great Court (locked)
  19. Chapter 19: The Red Set (locked)
  20. Chapter 20: Knives (locked)
  21. Chapter 21: The Ice Cellar (locked)
  22. Chapter 22: Seal and Tongue (locked)
  23. Chapter 23: The Sentence (locked)
  24. Chapter 24: First Taste (locked)

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