1. The emperor was incompetent, treacherous officials held power, and powerful forces across the realm rose up in rebellion. Among them, Prince Nan Xiao Duo commanded the greatest strength. Word had it that Xiao Duo had been a servant in her household when he was young and was repeatedly bullied. The first thing he did after entering the capital was slaughter everyone who had once humiliated him.
Xia Qingwan was one of them. After her family fell into decline, she lived with relatives in the capital. She was caught in the crossfire and killed along with the others by the rebel army.
On her first rebirth, she was overjoyed. She spent every ounce of persuasion she had to convince her family to flee the capital three days early, but the rebels intercepted and killed them on the road.
On her second rebirth, she set out five days early, only to meet a violent end along the way.
On her third, she narrowed her plans down, secretly hiding with the children under ten. They were discovered and killed.
The fourth time, the fifth time...
Who knew how many times she'd been reborn? Xia Qingwan was desperate. She decided to solve the problem at its source: assassinate Xiao Duo. Predictably, she was caught on the spot.
Facing death, Xia Qingwan, who seemed rational but had already gone mad, burst into laughter:
"Hahahahaha! Go on, kill me if you've got the guts! Kill me! Dare you? You don't have the guts to do a damn thing. What kind of Prince Nan are you? You're just..."
A blade slashed across her throat.
Staggering, Xia Qingwan used the last of her strength to mouth at Xiao Duo: I'll fuck your ancestors!
Warm blood splashed across Xiao Duo's face. The Prince of Nan, who always showed himself behind a half-mask, remained expressionless as he slowly wiped the blood from his mask.
On her n+1th rebirth, Xia Qingwan decided to keep refining her assassination plan.
However, when she once again snuck into Xiao Duo's room to carry out her plan, she saw that the man, who had been so calm just "yesterday," was staring at her in shock:
"You again!"
"..."
Xia Qingwan couldn't help letting out a whistle. Wow, things just got interesting~
2. The emperor was tyrannical and incompetent, and heroes rose up across the realm. Xiao Duo led his army in rebellion, and in less than five years, he had reached the capital. That day, he spent the night at an inn in a small town two days' journey from the capital, where an assassination attempt came without warning.
He ran the assassin through the heart with his sword and threw the body into the wilderness for the wolves.
But something strange happened. When he woke up the next morning, the monthly calendar on the wall still showed yesterday's date. The guards at the gate said exactly the same things, and even the inn boy's clothes, movements, and deferential bow were identical to what he remembered.
Xiao Duo thought yesterday's events had been a dream, until the assassination from that dream happened too. At the same time and place, and even the assassin looked exactly as they had the day before.
Xiao Duo: ????
The heroine is a modern-day transmigrator. Both the hero and heroine are reborn, and have been reborn N times. A mystery-solving story.
A short novel of over 100,000 characters. Both leads are sexually inexperienced, body and soul.
Recommended upcoming novel: So Much for Becoming Emperor!
In his previous life, Xiao Jingqi had the misfortune of becoming emperor. He worked diligently as a cog in the imperial machine for his entire life, laboring day and night and governing with dedication, until he achieved a prosperous and peaceful realm. Yet after working through the night on memorials, he died at his desk, aged just twenty-six.
When he opened his eyes, he was back at the age of twelve. Thinking of the endless overtime awaiting him, Xiao Jingqi went wild on the spot: I'm done, I'm done! I quit being emperor!
Xiao Jingqi had five older brothers, all of them talented and virtuous. Under normal circumstances, he would never have become emperor. But:
The eldest prince and crown prince died of an epidemic while delivering disaster relief.
The second prince was frail and sickly from birth, and died young before the age of twenty.
The third prince was hopelessly in love with a beautiful woman, but after one hardship after another kept them apart, he died coughing up blood.
The fourth prince fell from his horse while riding in the countryside and was trampled to death.
The fifth prince was exceptionally clever, but obsessed with mysticism and elixirs. He died after taking the wrong elixir.
That was how Xiao Jingqi, only sixteen, was forced to take on the burden of the throne, ultimately working himself to death.
When he learned he'd returned to his youth, Xiao Jingqi jolted upright as if on his deathbed and immediately set a goal for his life:
He would keep all five of his brothers, who had died young, alive!
No one gets to die. You're all going to live and work like wage slaves!
Note: The male lead is a transmigrator, and he still becomes emperor in the end.
The official pairing is with the original empress, 1v1, but the romance takes up little space and comes later.
Core theme: Learn to cherish yourself.
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