When I Opened My Eyes, My Childhood Friend Had Turned into a Dark, Crazy, Yandere Regent

A composed and unshakable Hanlin Academy scholar with the bearing of a bright moon versus a deranged, gloomy regent who begs pathetically for love

[Two male leads + historical + transmigration + doted on by everyone + face-slapping + age gap + possessive]

Shen Yanci was just drunk when he climbed into the prince's estate to confess his love to his childhood friend.

He never expected to trip and transmigrate twelve years into the future.

Xiao Che had once been a gentle, refined man, smiling with the clear light of a breeze and moon in his eyes.

Twelve years later, he was shrouded in menace, with nothing but the desolation of a long night in his eyes. His hands were stained with blood, and loneliness had sunk into his bones.

When Su Yanci woke in Xiao Che's bedchamber, this was the Xiao Che he saw.

The man's eyes were red as he carefully held his hand.

“Aci, I've been looking for you for twelve whole years.”

“I finally get to see you again.”

During the twelve years he was gone, his younger siblings had nearly been plotted to death by ill-intentioned people.

The woman his eldest younger brother loved was secretly entangled with Murong Jin, who had once had feelings for him.

That bastard really did have no preference for men or women.

His second younger brother, stationed at the border, was framed for treason, and Murong Jin was involved in that too.

His younger sister's betrothed was carrying on with his cousin behind her back.

They'd bullied his younger siblings while he was away!

Now that he was back, he wouldn't let the regent lose himself like that again.

And he wouldn't let anyone frame or hurt his younger siblings.

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Xiao Che sat high upon the imperial throne and looked down at the assembled officials. “Anyone who advises me to choose consorts and take concubines again must first die by smashing their head against a pillar. If there are many of you, then many will die.”

The officials below fell silent, trembling with fear. No one dared advise the emperor to take consorts again.

Xiao Che clasped his hand and declared, “I offer you my empire as a bride-price. In this life, I will have only Su Yanci by my side, and we will spend the rest of our days together!”