The Insecure Mute Slave Was Reborn

Only after Lou Yunchun sold himself into the Zhong household as a servant did he learn that his mother was the matriarch of the family.

As for him, he was merely the child his mother had borne after being deceived when she was young. The two pampered young masters of the household were her legitimate sons.

His mother told him that as long as he kept their secret and worked obediently, she would let him leave and become a free man after some time.

Lou Yunchun believed her. He drank the medicine that made him mute. From then on, when Madam pointed east, he never went west, and when the young master wanted to ride, he immediately got down on all fours.

Lou Yunchun waited and waited. The days seemed endless.

Until the eldest young master, Zhong Yue, caught him being ridden like a horse.

Zhong Yue was the son of the previous matriarch. Exceptionally talented and mild-mannered, he was nothing like the spoiled young master. A true gentleman, he couldn't bear to see such cruel treatment.

Zhong Yue told the master of the house and had Lou Yunchun assigned to him.

Life at the eldest young master's side was wonderful. He not only stopped being beaten and scolded morning and night, but even got to learn to read and write. Unable to speak, Lou Yunchun poured all the sorrow and bitterness he'd endured over the years onto paper.

For some reason, the master of the house saw those pages, and his mother was driven out.

Seeing his mother plead with him, Lou Yunchun felt both soft-hearted and secretly pleased, and hurried to beg the eldest young master for help.

The eldest young master was kindhearted. He said he would take Lou Yunchun to the capital for the imperial examinations. Once he passed and became an official, everything could be resolved.

Lou Yunchun believed him again, and was so moved that he offered himself to him.

But when the examinations ended, Zhong Yue placed third in the palace examination and won the emperor's favor, earning an invitation to stay overnight in the palace. Lou Yunchun, meanwhile, hadn't even qualified to sit the exam.

Before the Qionglin Banquet, Zhong Yue sent word for Lou Yunchun to attend and serve, so he could broaden his horizons. He told him not to be late. Overjoyed and amazed, Lou Yunchun hurried there early, but neither the main entrance nor the side gate would let him in. In desperation, he crawled through a dog hole. Halfway through, a stray arrow from who knows where pierced his throat, killing him.

At the same time, the grandson of Prince Rong, who had drowned after falling into the water, opened his eyes amid grand funeral music.

[Beast in human clothing gong x beautiful, insecure shou]

Note: Yunchun wasn't clever before being reborn, and he isn't clever after being reborn either. Don't expect too much of him.

2026.10.17

Theme: When all seems lost, a new path opens; live on in the face of death