The Villainous Regent Really Wants to Quit

After two years as an office drone, Pei Ning transmigrated.

He transmigrated into the novel as the villainous regent who held the power of life and death and didn’t even take the emperor seriously.

Pei Ning: Huh? Me?

Pei Ning’s excitement gradually faded as he looked down at the mountain of memorials piled on the desk.

In the novel, nearly every matter of state was personally decided by the regent. These weren’t ordinary memorials. They represented his immense power!

Pei Ning: ...

He wanted to quit, right now, this very instant!

*

At court, the young emperor sat silently on the dragon throne.

He was the Son of Heaven, but everyone watched the regent’s expression instead.

He wasn’t even allowed to read anything but trivial memorials!

Back in his palace after court, the emperor angrily opened one and found it full of reports about flooding in the south.

Emperor: ?

Had the regent picked up the wrong memorial today?

He opened another one. It concerned officials embezzling funds.

The emperor looked wary, convinced there had to be a conspiracy.

Meanwhile, in the regent’s manor, Pei Ning circled a memorial full of empty, flowery language about paying respects.

Ten minutes later, he happily declared that he was officially done for the day.

The emperor in the book seemed to love reviewing memorials. Let the capable do the work, and both he and the emperor would have a bright future. It was perfect.

The stack of memorials on the emperor’s desk grew higher and higher. Exhausted, he began to suspect that the regent was secretly plotting something.

He even used the forces he had kept hidden for years to investigate the regent’s daily life.

That very night, a report arrived on the emperor’s desk about the regent going out with a new friend he had just made.

The emperor said nothing. The next day, he assigned the regent’s new friend a mountain of work.

On the third day, among the memorials the regent sent over, he spotted an all-too-familiar official document, secretly tucked inside...

Emperor: ?!

*

The daily scheming and infighting of being a villain was too much to bear. After much deliberation, Pei Ning finally seized his chance when the emperor was attacked, staged his death, and made his escape.

He found a place with beautiful scenery and settled down to enjoy his retirement.

But before he could lie flat for even a month, he was suddenly kidnapped.

Pei Ning: ?

His former work buddy, now his kidnapper, sat opposite him with bloodshot eyes, glaring through clenched teeth.

“Your Majesty’s regent, you were really hard to find.”

Pei Ning: If I say I’ve lost my memory, would you believe me?

Wait, even if you don’t believe me, why are you taking off my clothes?!

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