They All Say I’m a Tyrant

Blurb: Emperor Lin Ce of Southern Wei is decisive and ruthless, even tyrannical. No one dares disobey any of this emperor's demands. But lately, Lin Ce has been troubled by something. He keeps feeling that the person he loves is trying to dump him. Southern Wei's general You Yan is a brilliant warrior whose achievements threaten to overshadow the throne. The court officials all think he is only one step away from becoming emperor. But lately, all he wants is to go home, grow some vegetables, and do some fishing. So, this story is also called "The Tyrant's Seven-Year Itch" [Not really]. Hot-tempered, tsundere emperor gong VS carefree, easygoing general shou Updates daily at 11:30 HE. Coming soon: "The Puppet Emperor Is Forced to Keep Up" Blurb: Qi Ziyuan transmigrates and becomes the newly enthroned young emperor of Great Liang. He appears to be the supreme ruler, but powerful clans control the government at home, while neighboring states watch hungrily from abroad. As a modern university student whose biggest daily concern is what to eat, Qi Ziyuan feels powerless and just wants to slack off. Unexpectedly, a retired emperor appears out of nowhere, frail and ill but speaking earnestly: "I don't have long to live. I entrust the future of Great Liang to Your Majesty!" Having just taken someone else's throne, Qi Ziyuan has no choice but to summon the diligence he had while preparing for his college entrance exams and throw himself into the grind. With the retired emperor constantly advising him, Qi Ziyuan opens channels for criticism, recruits talented people, eases labor burdens, and promotes proper conduct. Just as the declining court begins to show signs of life, a palace coup takes place, and the retired emperor, Qi Rang, swiftly reclaims power and the throne. Only after Qi Ziyuan is exiled to Lingnan does he understand that his so-called brother never wanted to give up the throne. He needed the right opportunity to ensure good governance and secure the dynasty for generations to come. And Qi Ziyuan was only a tiny piece on the board in his brother's grand strategy. * Reborn, Qi Rang calculates every move and lays his plans step by step, finally purging the court and reclaiming the throne. One day, a secret report arrives from Lingnan: former ministers of Nanyue are plotting a rebellion, hoping to restore the deposed emperor, Qi Ziyuan. Qi Rang leads his troops south and crushes the rebels in one decisive campaign, only to hear that the deposed emperor, unable to bear seeing his homeland plunged into turmoil again, jumped into the river under the rebels' threat. His body was never found. That night, Qi Rang dreams. He dreams of a long time ago, when a drunken young emperor rested his head on his knee and said that he had never wanted to be emperor. All he wanted in this life was to escape the gilded cage of the imperial city and live freely, with the wide sky and open sea before him. Scheming, obsessive, sickly beauty gong VS clear-eyed but not foolish university student shou Older gong, 1v1, HE A transmigrated shou meets a reborn gong. In his previous life, the gong had no romantic entanglement with the shou's original self. They are brothers in name only, with no blood relation. Theme: