Xie Wei ascended the throne at twenty-one and died at fifty-seven, having been emperor for exactly thirty-six years.
He never expected that just after he closed his eyes for the last time, he would open them again and be reborn at the age of seventeen.
Xie Wei had this to say about it: Being reborn is fine, but did I really have to go back so far? Couldn't I start from the day I ascended the throne? Life before that wasn't nearly fun enough.
Brothers, do you get it? Being emperor is really great. Nobody who has done it once would turn down a second go.
At the end of his last life, Xie Wei had no lingering regrets. Everyone he wanted dead was dead, everything he wanted to do was done, and everyone he wanted to protect was safe.
There was only one thing: in his final years, he had struggled through illness, hoping to outlive his great general, who was stationed far away on the northern frontier. In the end, he still died first.
He wondered how that utterly guileless general, who had devoted himself wholeheartedly to serving his sovereign, had fared.
...Probably not well. He had too much power for the emperor's comfort, and...he didn't even realize it.
Since he had been reborn, Xie Wei decided he would teach that blockhead how to manipulate people's hearts!
This time, he would see it through instead of giving up halfway, so his great general could protect himself even after Xie Wei died.
Following the memories of his previous life, he went to the Shadow Guard Camp and found the boy in rags, with filthy, unkempt hair and skin stretched over his bones, chained in a corner.
Ah, my great general.
Xie Wei carried him home and comforted the child, who wouldn't stop crying. "I know, I know. Things were really bad for you before. It's all right, it's all right. Now that you've met me...I mean, now that you've met Your Majesty, good days are ahead."
After crying for ages, the child sniffled and said, "Liar."
Huh?
How did I become a liar?
Xie Wei cried out that he was innocent.
Wasn't I good enough to you? Didn't I treat you well enough? The only thing I did was refuse to let you stay in the capital. How does that make me a liar?
After the great general failed to appreciate his kindness time and again, Xie Wei declared, "You're finished. Forget about becoming a marquis or minister. I'm taking you into my harem."
To his surprise, the great general's ears turned red. He quietly replied, "All right."
Before Xie Wei could react, he grabbed the sleeve of Xie Wei's robe, as if afraid he might take it back, and said, "A sovereign's word is law."
Xie Wei: ...
So you wanted to be empress?
Why didn't you say so sooner?
Later, Xie Wei discovered that Pei Zhuye really had learned how to manipulate people's hearts in this life.
The only heart he manipulated was Xie Wei's.
A possessive dom gong × a loyal, competitive shou who fights for what he wants
Both are reborn; an unrequited-love story
The gong is almost demonic in his intelligence and leaves nothing to chance, winning every power struggle in both lives. The shou is both a scholar and a fighter, and the best in the world in single combat, so there is no angst.
Also known as: You Want to Be Empress? Then I Need to Change Your Training Plan!
Theme: Take everything into your own hands.
