Holding Onto My ManChapter 78

 

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Translator's Note

The title of ‘Prince of the First Rank’ refers to the current Emperor’s brothers.

Translator's Note

He’s using 本王 (benwang) to refer to himself.

Translator's Note

The characters used here are 王爷, it’s different than the previous one being used to refer to the prince, which used 殿下. I’m using ‘Your Highness’ because both mean the same thing, but please remember that when talking about ML = 王爷, Protagonist = 殿下.

Translator's Note

The original phrase is 寿星公上吊嫌命太长, which translated literally to ‘Lord Shouxing hanging himself because his life was very long’. Lord Shouxing is one of the three stars of fortune and longevity. In daily life, ‘Shouxing’ is also a metaphor for ‘an old man with long life’. Hanging himself of course means suicide. The phrase means that the person is tired of his dull life and is actively looking for death.

Translator's Note

The word used here is 老攻 which is a way to refer to the one on the top (seme) in a gay relationship. Also, ehem, a homonym of that, 老公 (read Lao Gong too), means ‘husband’. Heh.

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38 comments

  1. I thought that MC would take out a golden pair of scissors and hunt ML down when MC heard his husband has a flirtatious reputation lol

    Thank you for the chapter~☆

  2. Rip ml… you’re gonna suffer a little bit (a lot) before you get GB…

    Thanks for the chapter~ ( ^ ♡ ^ )/

  3. Gu Bai I hear that your hubby has a lot of beauties in your court 😒

    Gu Bai : really ? Smiles coldly 🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪

  4. GB : So, you like keeping beauties in your rear court hmmm? 🙂 🔪

    ML : Baby I can expla- 🥒

  5. Well ML is gonna suffer for having so many beauties in his rear court.

    Tysm for the chapter!!😍😍😍😍😍

  6. I want you to kick out all the beauties!!

    THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK!!

  7. Lmao, ml is horny but mc wants to jump his bones 😂

  8. What about the OG! Gong??? We still need to make him disappear/eat dog food, blame him, separate him from GB

    Ah… OG couple just wasn’t meant to be, in this world he’ll suffer after realising the love of his life is with another, except he doesn’t know he’s already gone forever… OG!Shou was the one that suffered the most tbh, he was the most innocent, OG! Gong didn’t trust him enough (~_~;)

    Thank you for the chapter~

  9. If ML has other beauties in his rear court…. lol there will be purging!!!

  10. Bien, en este drama de sangre de perro, el príncipe no podrá tampoco estar con su amor, él se ha ido para cumplir con otra misión, es triste que no sepa que esa persona solo quería vengarse por él en la otra vida.

  11. I see Horne ML but… but after all this time i think the more horny one is the MC ! So so if you have recommendation of BL with horny MC for ML (or who like to be a bottom ) 1.1 give me please please please

  12. I don’t know how many times I’ve reread MC fan-girling over his old gong.

    Its too cute I think I’m going to die of fluff overdose.

  13. Talking about the ML being horny and whatnot, I really appreciate the author not making sex sound like a punishment in this novel. I really love this aspect.

    In any other novel, they always make it sound like the ML punishes the MC through sex, as the MC is always left lifeless our passes out after the deed, then banishes the ML to the cold Palace to cool down for a few nights. Really makes it seem as if sex is something terrible and painful and used by one partner to vent all his anger onto the other. If one is young and easily influenced it might even make them fear sex.

    This author is absolutely wonderful for not taking this seemingly standard view and making both ML and MC enjoy their sex life as much as the other. There’s no mention of the MC ‘fearing for his chrisantemum’ or ‘havint to rest in bed for days after’ or anything that sounds even mildly negative. It’s always the MC happily fluttering to the ML, the two flirting everywhere, and even the MC taking the initiative to seduce his spouse. Like it like it like it like it like!