Reborn, I Was Picked Up by the Crown Prince

"My next historical danmei novel, The Chancellor Simply Refuses to Usurp the Throne, is open for advance reservations! The blurb is at the very bottom. Love you all, muah~"

§ Blurb:

Qi Zizhen transmigrated into a book, becoming the study companion of a doomed young heir.

The heir treated him very well, so he devoted himself to helping him. In the end, however, he was killed by the heir with his own hands, then reborn.

After being reborn, Qi Zizhen was utterly disheartened. He repeatedly tried to kill himself, only to be reborn over and over again.

He completely gave up on getting better, shutting himself away and waiting to die.

He curled up alone in the ice and snow, neither sad nor happy, cold and indifferent.

But one person came toward him step by step, carrying the warmth of spring. He held out a hand and pulled Qi Zizhen from his boundless despair,

telling him that there was still one sincere heart he could trust.

Later, Qi Zizhen stepped out of the cold. Clad in elegant black, he was aloof and proud.

In matters of scholarship, he became famous throughout the capital and wielded influence in court, all to purge the enemy faction of one person.

In matters of martial arts, he calmly drove back three thousand enemies with a laugh, then joined one person to march together to the battlefield.

Over the course of several years, he helped the indecisive "useless" crown prince ascend the throne step by step, witnessing with his own eyes how he went from being scorned by the people to having the lands in every direction willingly submit to him.

At last, just as the new emperor's rule had become secure, Qi Zizhen resolutely let go and retired to the mountains. He was gone for three years.

Little did he know that after he left, the new emperor issued an edict to travel incognito. His journey, too, lasted three years.

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Three years later, in a small town in the watery region of Jiangnan,

the refined and gentle new emperor seized Qi Zizhen by the wrist and pinned him against a wall, smiling faintly.

"Having lived another life, I won't let go this time."

A musician and imperial tutor, cold and gloomy at first, then aloof and composed, as the one pursued × a crown prince and emperor, indecisive at first, then gentle and resolute, as the pursuer

☆ A note of thanks from the back row: Thank you to the lovely [Tang~ Tang Xi] (@TKS_Yuexi) for the fan-art watercolor! If you're interested, you can search the novel title or the creator's name on the video site to watch the painting process, muah~

"Reader's Guide"

① As is customary, this is a one-on-one romance. At first, the one pursued doesn't trust the pursuer. The romance gets super sweet after the story passes seventy thousand words! It's a sweet little treat!

② Romance-focused, not a slow burn, and not too much scheming for power! Not too much scheming for power! Not too much scheming for power! Isn't falling in love so much better?

③ The pursuer is five years older than the one pursued. It's an older-man romance. At the beginning, the one pursued is seventeen and the pursuer is twenty-two.

④ With the one pursued's support, the pursuer will grow into a worthy crown prince and emperor. With the pursuer's help, the one pursued will also overcome his emotional wounds. They support each other and grow together.

[⑤ A reminder from the back row: The original premise was a groveling-after-the-breakup story. If you bookmarked it for that premise and aren't interested in the new one, please remove it from your collection, because I really can't write the groveling-after-the-breakup trope. I want to write a sweet little treat instead. I'm truly sorry QAQ]

§ Next Historical Danmei Novel §

Title: The Chancellor Simply Refuses to Usurp the Throne

One-line pitch: You said you wanted to be empress, didn't you???

Blurb:

(It's most likely going to be a sweet little treat! Tentatively scheduled to start on November 16.)

Xie Anshuang was originally a little prince who had no interest in the throne. Who could have guessed that he would become the only legitimate heir in the imperial family and be forced to inherit the empire?

After the well-behaved little prince ascended the throne at sixteen, he became seductive and dissolute, favored corrupt officials, indulged in beauty, and spent every day carousing among wine and women.

The officials in court criticized him behind his back, and the people of the capital grumbled in discontent. Everyone cursed him as debauched and shameless, saying that he had let down the empire and his ancestors.

But no one knew how much the little emperor endured beneath the appearance of nightly revelry. Even fewer knew that he was only a poor young boy who didn't even know what candy tasted like.

He conscientiously played the part of a depraved, tyrannical ruler. From time to time, he teased and humiliated the young, talented, virtuous chancellor, all the while hoping day after day that the chancellor, whose power overshadowed the court, would usurp the throne and become emperor.

But in the end, what he got was a piece of candy that the chancellor gently slipped to him one night when he was drunk.

The young chancellor looked at the little emperor, whose clothes were disheveled and whose eyes were red from crying. He smiled faintly, straightened the emperor's clothes, and wiped away the tear tracks on his cheeks.

"I only want to usurp Your Majesty's position as empress. Would Your Majesty be willing?"

A beautiful little emperor, outwardly extravagant and seductive, as the one pursued × a gentle chancellor, accomplished in both civil and military affairs, who has also been reborn, as the pursuer

Theme: Supporting each other, growing together, and rediscovering the beauty of their beginnings