[Cool, resilient beauty in the receiving role × brutal but delusionally confident pursuer]
Lin Yizhou was reborn. In his previous life, he had placed third in the imperial exam, only for the emperor to wipe out his entire family on a whim.
When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to his youth, before taking the imperial exams.
The emperor could no longer be trusted. To avenge his family, Lin Yizhou decided to seduce Yan Ye, a prince of Jing Dynasty who bore a different surname from the imperial clan.
In the depths of winter, Lin Yizhou found out where Yan Ye would be passing and jumped into the lake along his route. When Yan Ye “happened” to rescue him, the beauty was soaked through, his expression cool as he weakly thanked him.
After placing third in the imperial exam once more, with the day of his family's massacre drawing near, Lin Yizhou visited the prince's residence late at night in a simple hooded cloak and asked Yan Ye for protection.
Yan Ye lifted Lin Yizhou's chin, his tone teasing. “What do you have to offer?”
Lin Yizhou closed his eyes and undid his clothes, his voice calm. “Your Highness, is this enough?”
*
He entered the Hanlin Academy and took charge of literary affairs, climbing step by step, from writing policy essays to governing the country.
Until at last, his enemies were dead, his family was saved, and his bargain with Yan Ye had come to an end. Lin Yizhou had nothing left to keep him there.
The Lin family should not produce corrupt officials, so he ought to leave.
*
Yan Ye thought Lin Yizhou loved him dearly.
For his sake, Lin Yizhou had risked his future as a top exam candidate to share his bed.
For his sake, Lin Yizhou had betrayed the emperor, who had placed such high hopes in him.
So, on the day Yan Ye ascended the throne as the new emperor, he decided to reward his little lover.
Full of confidence, Yan Ye wrote an imperial decree appointing him chancellor. Imagining the tips of the ears of that usually cool man turning red when he heard the news, Yan Ye couldn't help smiling.
But just after the decree was issued, he heard a trembling eunuch say, “Your Majesty, Lord Lin... has disappeared.”
The hall fell silent.
Yan Ye's face darkened at once, and he flung down the imperial decree.
Please note:
1. The blurb is dated July 2026 and has been screenshotted.
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