I Just Want to Lie Flat, but I'm Forced to Become the Prince of Zhennan

Name: I Just Want to Lie Flat, but I'm Forced to Become the Prince of Zhennan
Author: The Moon Came Out Round on a Cloudy Day

只想躺平却被逼成镇南王

by The Moon Came Out Round on a Cloudy Day (阴天月亮它圆了)

Status: Completed
Length: 358k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 1mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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[Transmigration + War + Court Politics + Romance + Brotherhood + Heir Apparent + Experts + Political Intrigue + Play the pig to eat the tiger]

No System. I’m doing my best to write a quality novel, and I salute every reader who supports me.

After an accident, a modern soul transmigrates to the Great Jing and becomes Xiao Jingrui, the notorious eldest heir of the Prince of Zhennan’s household.

His half-brother pretends to be kind while secretly conspiring with his concubine mother, scheming every day to take his place as heir. His elder brother is bedridden with a lingering illness, and someone has already tampered with his medicine. His life hangs by a thread. Every corner of this vast princely residence conceals a deadly trap.

At court, he is the hard-line heir to a military family who insists on war, while Lu Qingyi, the Prime Minister’s legitimate daughter, advocates peace. The two clash at every turn and are known throughout the capital as bitter enemies.

The realm is divided in three. The northern Shuo cavalry covets the northern frontier, while hundreds of thousands of Southern Chu troops mass along the southern border. Spies have already infiltrated every corner of the court. Grandmasters lie hidden, waiting for a chance to assassinate, while a Great Grandmaster sits in an enemy state, beyond the reach of ordinary weapons. Only a handful of divine weapons that protect the nation can stand against him.

Xiao Jingrui puts aside his dissolute ways and methodically settles the troubles within the household. He takes command of the Zhennan army and repeatedly foils Southern Chu’s schemes with the insight he gained in another world. Even Lu Qingyi, who has opposed him at every turn, gradually falls for him amid the flames of war.

He marries the woman who was once his political enemy, guards the nation’s borders with a divine weapon in hand, and helps a prince resolve the succession crisis. He seems poised to sweep through the rival states and unite the realm.

But only when the Great Grandmaster reveals a secret with his dying breath does Xiao Jingrui realize the truth: the invasion by Southern Chu is only a façade. The mastermind stirring up the divided realm is hiding deep within the imperial palace of Great Jing…

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