The Whole World Thinks I'm Plotting to Usurp the Throne

Everyone in the land says that the powerful chancellor Xiao Yuebai is treacherous by nature, loves playing politics and manipulating power, is as ugly as Zhong Kui, and is fond of women. He deserves to go meet King Yama in the underworld as soon as possible.

In his first life, Xiao Yuebai held sway over the entire court and forced the emperor to marry him. Unexpectedly, he lost his life before they could wed. But contrary to everyone's wishes, he was reborn once more.

After being reborn, Xiao Yuebai decided to take things slowly and stop forcing the one he loved. Since his beloved did not want to marry him, he would work hard to marry into his beloved's household and become the empress instead.

Reading Notes:

1. Couple: Xiao Yuebai x Yan Xun

2. Character traits: He tried to marry the emperor but failed; after being reborn, his goal is to become empress. A stunning, gentle-looking beauty who seems easy to bully but is calculating beneath the surface, the powerful chancellor and the top; an emperor who sees the chancellor as beneath notice, is hard to read around others, but is sweet, frank, and loves acting spoiled around the top, the bottom.

3. Since the story is told from the top's point of view, I chose the top's perspective. Both leads get about the same amount of page time.

4. One-on-one, happy ending.

5. A sweet little treat. Things are rather complicated before he is reborn; afterward, the top dotes on the bottom, and then they dote on each other.

6. Both are reborn. The bottom loses his memories after being reborn, but he will regain them in the end.

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