In the twenty-ninth year of the Jinghe reign of the Great Yan Dynasty, the emperor tests his sons on their policy essays in the Hall of Literary Glory, asking about the northern border threat. The crown prince suggests strengthening defenses, the third prince calls for wiping out the enemy camps, and the fifth prince says to win them over with virtue. The seventh prince, Xiao Yan, is lost in thought in a corner when he is called on. He opens his mouth and says, “The root of the border crisis isn’t at the border. It’s here in the capital.” Then, in front of the entire hall, he exposes how military funds have been siphoned off at every level and troop numbers inflated by forty thousand. He regrets it as soon as he finishes, with only one thought in his mind: I’m done for. I’m going to be put under house arrest again.
Xiao Yan’s greatest wish in life is to leave the palace and become an idle prince, raise dogs, build a courtyard, and get married. But his father has other plans. The emperor throws him into the Ministry of War as an assistant, the crown prince has people watch him, and the Minister of War smiles as he serves him cold tea. He pretends to be useless for seven days, but on the very first day he spots three clues that are enough to cost someone their head. A man who doesn’t want to compete is forced to compete; one who doesn’t want to stand out is pushed into the spotlight. When all his brothers are unreliable and enemies surround him on every side, the youth who used to squat by the palace wall watching ants is ultimately forced by the realm itself onto the dragon throne.
Was this book written by AI?
The character claims to have a problem, the background of the subsequent characters does not match up with the previous ones, and the plot is compact, which is okay