The Treacherous Minister Turned the Tyrant into a Love-Struck Fool

Name: The Treacherous Minister Turned the Tyrant into a Love-Struck Fool
Author: Li Youchi

奸臣她把暴君哄成了恋爱脑

by Li Youchi (厘有池)

Status: Completed
Length: 367k Words
Genre: Ancient Romance
Subgenre: Ancient Romance High-Concept
Updated: 5mo ago
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Synopsis

[Transmigration + System + golden finger + devoted couple]

[Woman disguised as a man: scheming minister and national preceptor heroine × unhinged, calculating, love-struck king hero]

Tang Sheng was sent to the Kingdom of Nanli by the Scheming Minister System. Disguised as a man, she entered the court as an official and charmed the reigning king, Shang Jiu'an, until he was utterly infatuated with her. She thus became his favored minister, second only to the king, The Outcast.

In front of Shang Jiu'an, Tang Sheng showered him with flattery, but in front of the other ministers, she was outrageously arrogant. The ministers were furious and submitted memorials calling for her punishment.

But Shang Jiu'an simply waved them away and stubbornly protected Tang Sheng. “My beloved minister has devoted herself tirelessly to serving me. How dare you criticize her? Do you want to be thrown into the imperial prison?”

Then, while completing a task for the Scheming Minister System, Tang Sheng was misunderstood as having conspired with an enemy kingdom to betray him. He realized he couldn't bring himself to be ruthless with her.

When Shang Jiu'an realized something was wrong with him, it felt like the sky had fallen!

But he didn't agonize over it for long. After spending a whole night on the roof in the cold wind, he clearly understood that no matter what, he liked Tang Sheng. So he immediately began pursuing her.

Everyone in the Kingdom of Nanli knew that National Preceptor Tang Sheng had eyes and ears everywhere and could do anything.

When it came to evildoers who had committed every sort of crime, she acted decisively, killing them with a single strike.

She predicted a devastating flood and, against all opposition, used swift and forceful measures to have dams built and reinforced ahead of time.

When a sudden earthquake struck and the people panicked, she appeared at the city gates with supplies and troops. At that moment, everyone had just one thought:

The National Preceptor is here. We're saved!

So when her identity as a woman was revealed, the people of the Kingdom of Nanli accepted it without a single objection.

What difference did it make whether she was a man or a woman? All they knew was that she was the National Preceptor who had saved them from catastrophe.

When they heard the news that the emperor was going to marry the National Preceptor,

the people said, “The emperor is the one marrying up.”

Stats

166Chapters

3.4kReads · 30 days

134kReads · all time

669Shelf adds, last 14 days

8.9Score

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