I Told You Not to Fight for the Throne, So How Did You End Up on It?

In the twelfth year of Yongli in the Great Wei dynasty, Su Li, the ninth prince of Wei, turned thirteen. Under imperial law, he was old enough to leave the palace and establish his own household.

As he was being granted a fief, he was ambushed by unknown assailants and exiled to Lüteng, a place known as a living hell. To fight back, Su Li declared righteously, “The Son of Heaven is subject to the same laws as the common people! I volunteer to be stripped of my status and made a commoner. I beg Father Emperor to grant my wish!”

The Grand Empress Dowager favored arranging marriages. His intended bride was from the Lin family, the most powerful clan in the empire. When Su Li first met his future father-in-law, he immediately impeached him before the emperor: “If the Lin family harbors treasonous intentions, Great Wei is in danger!”

He wanted to be an idle, carefree prince, but was bound to a golden finger. Step by step, he tried to escape the throne, only to look back and realize he was already sitting on it.

I! Am mandated by Heaven, and should live as long as Heaven itself!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.