Lin Yuan, a modern young man, travels into a Machiavellian novel and becomes a cannon fodder prince who was silenced by his adoptive father in just three chapters. Knowing the plot well, he decisively gave up the struggle and turned to join the future empress, the eldest princess Chu Ciyou. He used "knowing the truth about the emperor's poisoning" as a bargaining chip in exchange for a contract marriage. The two teamed up to bring down the princelings and destroy human trafficking dens. The prince jumped over the wall to kill his father and usurp the throne. Lin Yuan and Chu Ciyou exposed his crime in public in the court. In the end, the prince was executed, Chu Ciyou ascended the throne as the empress, and Lin Yuan went from being a mortal cannon fodder to becoming the most powerful prince-in-law in the new dynasty.
