The 'Tragic' Life of a Fallen Emperor

1.

In the autumn of the sixteenth year of the Jiahe era, the sun shone warmly.

The puppet emperor Mu Yan was painting in the imperial garden when he suddenly heard that the rebels had arrived and the capital, Ye City, was surrounded.

After sixteen years as a puppet emperor, Mu Yan pushed past all objections and made the first decision of his life: to abdicate.

In his heart: All he wanted was to die and end this powerless life. He hoped that in his next life, he would not be born into the imperial family.

Instead, he was made the retired emperor. Not only did he have to remain a puppet, he also lived a miserable life without enough food or warm clothes.

To fill his stomach, he disguised himself as a palace maid and went outside the palace to sell paintings.

But he ran into the crown prince, who took a liking to him and forcibly dragged him into the Eastern Palace to be his bed-warming maid!

Mu Yan trembled as he clutched his secret identity.

To protect the imperial clan, preserve the dignity of the royal family...

The crown prince must never find out.

2.

On his way back to the Eastern Palace, Crown Prince Xiao Zhaoyuan happened upon an exceptionally beautiful palace maid who fit his tastes.

Naturally, he would take her back to the palace and marry her.

But the beauty refused.

Xiao Zhaoyuan’s gaze turned sharp. “If you won’t be my wife, then you’ll remain a palace maid. Starting today, you’re my bed-warming maid.”

The eunuch by the crown prince’s side thought with certainty: The crown prince is virtuous, talented, powerful, and rich. It won’t be long before this palace maid falls for him.

The eunuch waited and waited, only to see the palace maid try to escape again and again.

Theme: Fate may torment me a thousand times, but I’ll still treat it like my first love.