Yan Nan dies suddenly after working late and transmigrates to an alternate ancient world, where he becomes a useless prince who never has to lift a finger for food or clothing.
Isn't this the carefree life I've always dreamed of? I can just lie flat. Forget fighting for power. What's wrong with lying flat? Just when he thinks he can live this way forever, everything begins to change...
When he sees the suffering commoners, his younger sister sent away for a political marriage, and the court ceding land and paying reparations, can he really keep lying flat?
"I just want to be an idle prince and live a quiet life. Why do you insist on forcing me to fight for power? Why? What's so great about that throne? Fathers and sons mistrust each other, and brothers kill one another. I don't want to fight for it! Mother!"
"You think saying you don't want to fight means you don't have to? Yan'er, don't you understand? Or do you simply refuse to understand? Born into this royal family, you either fight or die. And you are my son, Xia Yunlan's, with half the blood of the Xia family in your veins. For that alone, you must fight! The Xia family's collateral and main branches together number nearly a thousand people. If you don't fight, they'll all die with you. Yan'er, you can't be so selfish."
His mother's pressure and his sister's marriage far away gradually leave Yan Nan no choice but to fight for power. (There is no female lead in this book, so readers looking for a harem story can move along. The male lead only cares about his career; there's no woman in his heart, just the divine art of drawing his blade. Please, I beg you, don't let this book flop.)
