Ye Yingying transmigrates into a book, a danmei novel whose two male leads are both emperors who rule over their own realms, true tyrants. According to the original plot, the two powerful men fight each other as lovers, their love and hatred intertwined.
By day, Ye Yingying is Tyrant A's canary; by night, she is Tyrant B's fiancée. As long as she can hold on until the two of them get their happy ending, she can return to her original world.
Tyrant A: A merciless gentleman, as bright and serene as the moon after rain
"I have always loved beautiful things most. You must not imitate them." Tyrant A's voice is as gentle as water as a lifeless canary slips from his hand.
Ye Yingying replies obediently, "What a waste to throw it away. How about having the imperial chef stew it into ginseng soup for Your Majesty tonight?"
Tyrant A: ???
Tyrant B: A ruthless, ill-tempered, sarcastic emperor
"I bet you wouldn't even have the heart to step on an ant, you weak woman," Tyrant B sneers.
"I'll give you a button. Press it, and one snail dies. In return, you get a thousand taels of gold..."
"Your Majesty, I'll smash that button!"
"I'll press it until the snail species goes extinct!"
Tyrant B: ???
Tyrants A and B finally meet, and Ye Yingying is relieved that she's close to going home.
But then...
Tyrant A: "My empress likes to eat this."
Tyrant B: "So does my empress."
A: "My empress insists that I hold her while she sleeps at night."
B: "Mine too..."
A: "This is the purse my empress embroidered for me."
B: "Huh? Why is it just like mine..."
A and B: "Something's not right about you."
Later, a million soldiers gather on the eastern and western banks of the Min River. The two greatest heroes under heaven face off here.
The plot has gone completely off the rails. Ye Yingying cries, "Why did it turn out like this?"
Tyrants A and B: "Because he covets my empress."
Two peerless heroes pursue her across the land. The imperial throne and all its power are worth less than her alone.
A choose-your-favorite male lead story, a love rivalry, with all the male leads madly in love with the heroine and going crazy for her. Maximum melodrama, Mary Sue romance, sweet and thrilling. Three virgins, no BL content.
(In many transmigration novels, the original male lead is a domineering, womanizing hero or an emperor with three thousand beauties in his harem who marries the heroine's younger sister, but none of that affects the main story, where he loves only the heroine. So this is just a setup. In my story, both male leads love only the heroine and have no interest in men. Don't worry about their sexuality or anything like that. The author decides. If the author says they love only the heroine, then they love only the heroine, and sexuality doesn't matter around her. This setup is not meant to disrespect gay people. It's just a setup, so treat it as melodramatic Mary Sue romance.)
Theme: Love