Li Suile wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into a book, becoming a young, foolish emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, hiding in a dark, desolate, ruined temple.
The memories that come with it reveal that:
The young emperor is sixteen, beautiful as a flower but cruel and ruthless. He left the palace to seek pleasure and was ambushed and killed in a ruined temple outside the city.
By the time the Regent found him, his corpse was crawling with maggots and reeked horribly.
His end was truly miserable.
Now, Li Suile has become the young emperor.
He promptly decides the Regent is the killer. To save his own skin, he uses his beauty as a weapon and boldly declares his love:
"Jin Bai, I know I'm a foolish ruler who has failed the people of this land, but my heart is suffering. You don't love me and you ignore me. So be it. Even if I die at your hands, I'll have no regrets. It's just that..."
The killer says, "Alas, so His Majesty is also a poor soul whose love goes unreturned."
The Regent, hiding outside the temple, twitches the corner of his mouth: "..."
