Good news: The third son of the Nan Chancellor, an ignorant, arrogant, and domineering young master, fell into the water!
Bad news: The third son who climbed out was even more ignorant, even more arrogant, and even more domineering!
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Nan Xuegu transmigrates into a book. Since he'd spent his whole life eating meat and doing wicked, shameless things, it came as no surprise that he became a brainless, universally loathed cannon-fodder character.
The character's sole purpose was to make life difficult for the protagonist, putting himself in harm's way every day until he eventually got not only himself killed, but also his parents, older brother, childhood friend, and the childhood friend's whole family.
You'd think that knowing his fate would make him change his ways, but no. Feeling completely innocent, he decides to ruin the lives of everyone who crosses him.
The son of a senior minister, the Grand Preceptor's daughter, the younger brother of the Minister of the Secretariat, a prince's father-in-law, even the Emperor's maternal uncle...
There was no one he couldn't offend, and the most infuriating part was that he always got away unscathed.
His victims couldn't take it anymore, so they hatched a plan: send him as an envoy to the Northern Desert and abandon him on the road to die.
Half a year later, diplomatic relations collapsed, the army marched north, and war between the two countries was imminent.
But on the eve of the siege, a coup broke out in the enemy nation. The new king took the throne, threw open the city gates, and welcomed the army inside.
When everyone discovered that the new king was Nan Xuegu,
their brains all short-circuited.
Nan Xuegu traded his throne in a small desert kingdom with the Emperor for the title of a prince of a different surname in his own country. His fief was larger, and he had more money.
Back in the capital, he kept ruining people's lives left and right, but this time no one dared mess with him.
#He's a prince now. Who would dare mess with him!#
#Life is as lonely as snow#
#Call the Princess Consort. This prince wants a game of Chinese checkers with him#
*An imaginary setting, loosely modeled on the mid-Tang era.
*The love interest is his childhood friend.
*This is not a story about going crazy. The protagonist is the most formidable person under heaven, but his strength lies in his intelligence.
*He's self-interested in the early chapters, but later starts thinking about what he can do for others.
Theme: Learn to notice the little beauties in everyday life.