[Transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + play the pig to eat the tiger] A smooth-talking little schemer vs. a seemingly innocent but secretly dark and obsessive young prince
Everyone in the capital knew that Lu Jue, Prince of Zhennan, had been spoiled by the late emperor. Now he was so crazy that everyone despised him, and nothing he did came as a surprise.
He climbed trees in full armor, had ten eunuchs test his food, and demanded rivers be filled in before he crossed them... He was the cautionary tale every family told its children. Yet he held ten death-exemption tokens from the late emperor, so no one could do anything about him.
Zhou Li used to think the same, until she saw Lu Jue’s little book of curses:
“My imperial brother was mean to me at court and wouldn’t let me eat goose. So scary. Give him a green hat.”
“The Minister’s son ambushed me at the bottom of the river. So scary. Give him a live burial experience.”
“The emperor’s personal guards ambushed me while I was on disaster relief. So scary. Give them each a complete corpse...”
Well, well. It turned out Prince Zhennan had used his madman act to get away with anything for years.
Zhou Li dared never trust Lu Jue’s outwardly kind and foolish act again. But then Lu Jue latched onto her.
She ran, he chased. Lu Jue even raised her banner and started a rebellion!
Lu Jue: “My lady, now the dog emperor can’t hurt you!”
Zhou Li, sobbing: “Maybe get off me first, then we can talk!”
Worth a look. The male protagonist has a novel personality and is timid on the surface, but in fact he is sinister. He always says the most cowardly words and does the cruelest things. The hostess is lovable, and she is hilarious on the surface, but she is as steady as an old dog when it comes to things. She blindly guesses that she has Gemini rising, Capricorn sun, and Sagittarius moon 🍉
I really like this kind of subject matter