The Little Crown Prince Binds Himself to the Villain System

Cheng Youxuan was born to the Empress, and was made Crown Prince at birth. When he was four, the Empress died, and the young Crown Prince was sent to live with the Empress Dowager. That was when he was bound to the Villain System. The System told him that he lived in a book. The heroine was the Empress Dowager’s granddaughter, Commandery Princess Lin'an, who had lost both her parents and was raised in the palace. The hero was Jiang Zhao, heir to Prince Ding. They had grown up together, supported each other, and eventually Jiang Zhao became regent while the heroine became the regent’s consort, a woman everyone envied for her status and honor. Cheng Youxuan, meanwhile, was the villain of the book. He had tried to take the heroine by force and suppress the hero, but his methods were too cruel. In the end, he displeased the emperor, was stripped of his position as Crown Prince, and died in despair. The little Crown Prince didn’t want to die, so he worked hard to complete his missions. First, take the heroine by force. He knew what that meant: using force or power to seize someone else’s belongings. The little Crown Prince fixed his eyes on the tangram in his cousin, the commandery princess’s hands, and charged at her like a little calf. “Give it to me!” The two children fought over the tangram. The Crown Prince was small and chubby, and not only failed to get it, but was also reprimanded by his father, the emperor, when he found out. Just as the little Crown Prince was feeling dejected, the heir to Prince Ding came to see him in secret and pulled out a puzzle even more fun than the tangram. “Would Your Highness like me to teach you how to play with this?” The little Crown Prince: “Wow!!!” The System: “...” After spending several days absorbed in the toys his dear older brother, the heir, had given him, the little Crown Prince remembered his mission again. Step two: suppress the hero. His father often praised the heir for his neat handwriting. The little Crown Prince decided to work hard and make sure he surpassed the heir! But he was still too young. After practicing his writing for a few days, his little hands began to hurt. The heir helplessly rubbed his wrist. “Even if Your Highness’s handwriting isn’t good, your subjects will still read it carefully. Why hurt your precious hands over it?” The little Crown Prince: “That makes sense!” The System: “...” The Princess Consort of Prince Ding died of illness. The emperor ordered Prince Ding, who guarded the northern frontier, to send his son to the palace. He said he would raise the boy himself, but in truth he needed a hostage. Prince Ding couldn’t bear to send his only son to the palace, so he chose a child of one of his deceased subordinates and sent him in disguise as the heir. Nine-year-old Jiang Zhao understood that even if he survived his years as a hostage and made it safely back to the northern frontier, death would still await him. To stay alive, the only way he could think of was to win over the future emperor. What? Someone doesn’t want the little Crown Prince to become emperor? Wouldn’t that make all his efforts pointless? Absolutely not! Reading Guide: Older seme, childhood friends, a scheming fatherly fake heir and a lively, adorable little Crown Prince. Theme: Your fate is in your own hands.