His Majesty Rejects the Setting

With the new emperor's ascension, a lowly, ugly palace maid appears in the Wei imperial palace.

No one knows that she is Lan Suxu, the preeminent genius of the Great Zhou, born into this world with modern memories and an "AI Personality System."

Once a respectable young lady of a noble family who strictly observed proper etiquette, she fled the capital when her younger sister took her place in an arranged marriage.

Stranded in an enemy kingdom, she keeps her head down and hides her talents. She even uses the System to alter the Wei emperor's "personality tags" for brief periods to protect herself. Aloof, gentle, obsessive... She thinks she can play the emperor like a fiddle, until she realizes too late that beneath all the AI settings, his utterly sincere, unguarded heart is the only cure for her.

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Meanwhile, the reborn emperor of Wei, Duan Shu, is frantically searching for his missing fiancée.

At last, he summons the ugly palace maid who resembles her to serve at his side. Hidden atop a roof beam, he watches her wash away her disguise and reveal the stunning face that has haunted his dreams.

No matter how desperately Lan Suxu issues the command "erase hostility" to the System in her mind, the man before her only keeps advancing, his eyes ablaze with towering fury and joy, no longer controlled by any outside force.

[Reading Guide]

1. The male lead is reborn. Both leads are sexually inexperienced, so read with peace of mind. (Please stop asking why the emperor has a harem yet remains chaste. That's part of the story's premise, and it won't change. Mwah~)

2. The setting is highly fictionalized, so please don't nitpick the historical details.

Blurb screenshot, 2026.05.16

Theme: Reject System-assigned personas, let sincere hearts remain unmasked, and rediscover one's true self and deep affection when fate brings two people together again.