The Least Favorite Gives Up, Then Everyone Gets the Crematorium Treatment [Transmigration]

Qu Shu died suddenly one day and transmigrated into the dating sim he had played while alive. In the game, he had five targets to win over:

Target One: A childhood friend and young guard with a secret mission

Target Two: A handsome young scholar with a wicked heart

Target Three: The refined and ruthless Chancellor Chu

Target Four: A regent with power to shake the court who plots rebellion

Target Five: The Ninth Imperial Uncle, outwardly detached but psychologically twisted

In short, they were all crazy...

The System's task was simple: if Qu Shu successfully won over all five, he could return to the real world and stay alive.

But he became a disgraced prince whom everyone despised, a pariah hated by all. After failing again and again, Qu Shu decided after his ninety-ninth death that he would stop trying to win anyone over. He would lie flat and accept his fate.

At worst, he would die one more time...

But this time, he survived...

*

When the game restarted for the hundredth time, Qu Shu was lying disheveled on a couch. The lingering effects of suffocating to death when the previous game ended had not yet faded.

A vague voice sounded beside his ear. "This is different from before. Interesting." The man's tone was flippant and familiar.

"Your Majesty, Empress." Qu Shu's hoarse voice scraped out of his throat.

"Good boy. You should call me Mother."

*

At first, everyone despised Qu Shu. Some mocked him, others loathed him. They all treated him with the greatest malice, and no one would have cared if he had died silently.

Later, they all begged Qu Shu to stay alive. They wished they could tear out their hearts and give them to him, just to earn even the slightest glance from him.

▲ The protagonist is adored by everyone; love interests are set

▲ Everyone is a lunatic; everyone gets their own regretful redemption arc

Theme: Always cherish yourself and persevere through adversity.