Reborn, the Regent Only Wants to Resign

After drinking the poisoned wine personally bestowed upon him, Gu Jingxing finally realized that thirteen years of loyalty and affection had all been a joke. Reborn to a time when he held power over the court, his heart turned to ashes. He had only one thought: resign and leave the faithless young emperor behind.

But why had Ruan Yanqing, who had once coldly sentenced him to death, now teared up, cast aside his imperial dignity, and clung desperately to his sleeve as he pleaded in a trembling voice, “Teacher, don’t go… I beg you, look at me one more time.”

Behind him, the Empress Dowager and the foreign officials watched like tigers eyeing their prey, weaving an even bigger web…