A Sickly Powerful Official's Guide to Lying Flat
病弱权臣的躺平指南
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- Ongoing
- Length
- 1.9M Words
- Genre
- Historical
- Subgenre
- Historical & Ancient
- Updated
- 19h ago
- Source
- Fanqie
Synopsis
Other names
- The Fallen Chancellor on His Sickbed, with the Entire Court as His Chess Pieces病榻废相，满朝文武皆为吾之棋子Former title · until Oct 2026
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It's quite beautiful, I hope it doesn't have CP, more updates will be added! If you like cool stories about sickly beauties getting slapped in the face, you can read this book, it's a good read! ❤️❤️❤️
It's very interesting to watch. The male protagonist has a very high IQ and the plotting part is very exciting. I like it very much without CP. I hope I can always remain CP-free
People who watch this are very divided. Some people like it very much, and some people don't like it very much. I think it's pretty good. I hope there will be no cp. Please add more updates.
It's very interesting, but the pace is a bit fast, but the character design of the protagonist is interesting, but there is a lot of nonsense. It's possible that a certain author is overly interested in the word count, but the writing is enjoyable√
It's good to watch. I like this sickly protagonist. The rhythm is well controlled and it's a bit refreshing. Currently, there is no cp. I hope the author will keep it up. I will keep following the updates (sobbing)
The whole book is okay, um, but there are too many descriptions of the protagonist. It may seem a bit pretentious in the early stage, but the later stage is quite good, and then it is a cool story, and the words of the family did not cause him much trouble. It is all good. The whole thing is that the beginning of it is a bit bloody, but there are no other problems. I saw it here, and there are 93 pictures left, and I don't know if there is any CP.
I didn't want to comment at first, because it's not necessary. This novel is one of the few in Tomato that I can read without skipping chapters. The rating is low, and the group portraits are good (not to mention the IQ and plot of the protagonist and villain, which are brain-burning, they are all online, and the characterization is also good). The author will also leave it There are some foreshadowings, and I feel that this novel has the potential to be adapted into a film and television... As for why I gave 4 stars, to be honest, I am not sure whether this novel will collapse in the later stage. If it does not collapse, I will change it. Being able to see this novel in Tomato can be regarded as digging out gold from the cesspool [laughing] I understand everything...
It's very good-looking, and I particularly like the character of the third young master. Even though he has a bit of a venomous mouth, he has really done good things for the people. Please update it soon. I've just finished reading 11 chapters. There is currently no c. It's very enjoyable to read and it's not a brainless novel. The more I read it, the more I like it. 😍The author will update a lot.
It's good to watch and the plot is coherent. The protagonist really wants to sleep peacefully, but something always disturbs him, so he simply puts the world in order so that he can sleep peacefully. Strong resourcefulness.
Although this novel has a lot of nonsense at the beginning, it was quite enjoyable to read. It's time for a slap in the face. The male protagonist basically never suffered a loss. The male protagonist who travels through time is the kind of sickly beauty who is in poor health and needs to take medicine. The male protagonist can use modern knowledge to understand everything and has a kind heart. I personally think the plot is pretty good The people in the family are also relatively united, and they all protect the male protagonist, and will not bully the male protagonist just because he is very lazy and weak at the beginning. Brothers and sisters-in-law are more worried about the male protagonist.