I’m Clinging to the Empress’s Coattails, So Why Are You Hugging Me, Chief Minister?

[Two male leads + quick transmigration + slice-of-life plot + lighthearted + love grows over time]

Nan Qingxian transmigrated into a reborn novel with no romance, as the cannon-fodder prince the female lead was destined to kill. Facing a murderous heroine who knew the plot inside out, Nan Qingxian decisively chose to... spoil it! He gave her money and helped save her brother in exchange for one simple promise: “Maybe this guy is more useful alive?”

He also picked up Xiao Huan, a future powerful minister, and took him under his wing. He never expected Xiao Huan's gaze to grow stranger and stranger.

When Nan Qingxian helped the heroine, Xiao Huan sneered, “Quite ambitious.” When he saved a male supporting character, Xiao Huan mocked, “Offering yourself on a silver platter?”

Now Xiao Huan had Nan Qingxian cornered against a wall, demanding to know what he really wanted. Nan Qingxian looked at him with a helpless, utterly sincere smile. “I just want to be an idle prince. Really.”

Xiao Huan sneered. “I! Don't! Believe! You!”

Help! Nan Qingxian is just a wage slave who wants to retire. How did he get in so deep?