His Majesty Is Certified Insane

[Main Story Complete] The Little Mad Emperor Is Everyone’s Darling by Nan Taotao, blurb first published on May 26, 2021 Blurb: Ji Zhao transmigrates into a political intrigue novel as the ruler of a fallen kingdom. He has a violent temper and an eccentric nature, and is considered a madman. He has offended the protagonist, the important supporting characters, and the villain. His empress is the prime minister’s son, whom he forced to marry him. The general guarding the border is his empress’s childhood friend, and Ji Zhao was the one who drove them apart. Xiao Yan, a prince of a different surname who helps govern as regent, was supposedly lured into serving by the late emperor’s charms, only for the late emperor to break his heart. And since his father had no other son, who else would he take revenge on if not Ji Zhao? His uncle, the Prince of Zhennan in the south, is ambitious and wants nothing but the throne. Ji Zhao: Can’t I just abdicate and hand over the throne to someone more worthy? I’m done being emperor! There are so many enemies, and every one of them is frighteningly clever. He can’t beat them. No matter how he looks at it, he can’t win. But Ji Zhao realizes that not being emperor would be even worse. He could be killed by a rebel general and hung from the city wall, or thrown into a boiling pot by refugees. Even if he fakes his death and escapes, the world is still in chaos. How is he supposed to survive? Ji, sitting bolt upright on his deathbed, Zhao: Siri! Summon the memorials! The eunuch who has renamed himself Siri: This servant will bring Your Majesty the memorials at once. The empress and the regent will surely be delighted to see how diligently Your Majesty is working. Ji Zhao, who only wants official permission to go mad and take everyone down with him: ... Are you sure they don’t want to kill me? After all, the prime minister’s son was forced to become a blade in his hand, the young general has felt his whip, and he deceived the regent with lies. Once those lies are exposed, his days will be numbered. But when the poison takes hold, Ji Zhao discovers that the people who wanted to kill him don’t actually want him dead. The pure and noble son of the prime minister is willing to bear the world’s scorn and become the ruthless official in Ji Zhao’s hands, all so Ji Zhao will be remembered favorably for generations to come. The ambitious young general risks life and limb for him, regarding him as the most worthy ruler to follow. He commits countless killings for Ji Zhao, and prays to every god and Buddha beneath the heavens, lighting three thousand lamps for his sake. And the regent, decisive and deeply cunning, holds Ji Zhao’s emaciated body in his arms through the night as the poison takes hold, using the blood from his own heart to keep him alive. And yet... Everyone dotes on him, but he still wants to die. It hurts too much. He wants to go home. Older, possessive, fatherly boyfriend gong x extremely unloved, insecure, obsessive, frail shou Happy ending, feel-good story overall, with a little angst later on. Completed historical danmei of the same type: The Deposed Crown Prince Is Reborn as a Trouble-Maker Completed modern danmei: Bringing My Overpowered Dad to a Parenting Variety Show Upcoming novel: My Game Account Is the Immortal Realm’s Beloved Blurb: Sang Baiyue once played a xianxia game with countless characters across every class and sect under a single account: men and women, lolis and shotas. He played as if he had a person growing out of his liver, maxing out levels, unlocking every map, and raising every character’s affection to the highest level. But after the game went quiet, he never gave it another thought. Then an accident sent Sang Baiyue tumbling into the game. His fully maxed-out main account was sealed, but he had countless alt accounts with secret identities. To return to his own world, he had to shatter the void. Sang Baiyue glanced at the experience required to shatter the void. The bar stretched so far he couldn’t see the end. After much deliberation, he decided to call it quits. Fill up that experience bar? Impossible. Absolutely impossible! Until one day, a voice appeared in his mind: [The full-dive online game Ten Directions of Heavenly Splendor is officially launching! Come experience the wonders of the ancient Chinese cultivation world!] Sang Baiyue sat bolt upright. His eyes fell on the vast crowds of players. They were all experience points! So Sang Baiyue quietly appeared at the players’ starting point. Player: What a beautiful NPC! The modeler really knows how to make models! Sang Baiyue: Welcome to the cultivation world, where everything breathes. Player: Whoa! That familiar feeling of paying through the nose and grinding nonstop! *leans back tactically* Meanwhile, in the game His main account’s master: I have a rebellious disciple who hasn’t sent word in a hundred years. His main account’s friend: I had a dear friend who promised to sail with me on the Celestial River, but after one night of drinking, he never met with me again. His main account’s junior fellow disciple: My senior brother saved me from danger countless times, but I don’t even know where he’s trapped! His main account’s ...: Sang Baiyue, we miss you so much! On the game forums Player doing story quests: Sang Baiyue, what kind of immortal realm’s beloved is that supposed to be? Game guide team: Found it! The fastest way to join a sect and become a direct disciple: provide reliable information on the beloved’s whereabouts. Guild big shot: Huge reward for information on the immortal realm’s beloved. Regular player: I think that NPC at the game’s starting point... Sang Baiyue: Shut up! Just because my name has “Baiyue” in it doesn’t mean you can call me the beloved! And don’t raise their affection levels so high! Game System: When affection reaches the point of never parting, you can become cultivation partners. Who would you like to choose...? So you’re a player with a partner in every port! Theme: Staying mentally stable matters most