A Survival Guide for a Beautiful, Foolish Tyrant [Book Transmigration]

[Complete] Cheng Yuqiong transmigrated into the power-fantasy novel The Restoration, becoming the foolish, doomed emperor who had forcibly taken the male lead as his consort. The foolish emperor Cheng Yuqiong rubbed his chin and stared at the male lead, whom the original owner had already forced into the palace and crippled by piercing his pipa bones. He fell into deep thought. “I forced the future bloodthirsty, sinister emperor, the man who will slaughter his way to the throne, to become my consort. How many years do I have left to live?” * The former crown prince, Xiao Jingxi, had fallen from the clouds into the abyss. Burdened with a blood feud, he had lain low for years, only to become completely crippled because the foolish emperor had taken a fancy to his looks. He would probably have to cling to life on the meager favors the emperor deigned to grant him. As the foolish emperor slowly approached, he shut his eyes in humiliation and swallowed the blood rising in his throat. For the sake of restoring his kingdom, he was willing to endure any pain. The foolish emperor secretly slipped him a pill. “Another cruel way to torment me,” Xiao Jingxi thought bitterly. “One day, I’ll personally cut him to pieces.” Yet the wounds on his body miraculously healed, and even the internal energy he had lost began to return. Keeping up his foolish-emperor act, Cheng Yuqiong gripped his chin and said with a vicious expression, “Don’t let this pretty pet die. I still have plenty of time to play with him.” But a moment later, he tucked a warm quilt around him and kept watch all night. Xiao Jingxi: ??? * To get home, Cheng Yuqiong braved countless dangers and helped the future ruthless emperor complete his mission, all while standing at the edge of his blade. On the day Xiao Jingxi ascended the throne, he looked at the fallen emperor and said coldly, “A lecherous tyrant deserves to pay for his crimes with his life.” Cheng Yuqiong smiled knowingly and leaped from the Purple Gold Terrace, never seeing the battered figure racing toward him through the swirling snow. * After being reborn, Cheng Yuqiong enjoyed a carefree life unlike any he had known before. Then, out of nowhere, he was knocked unconscious and taken to a resplendent bedchamber. The sinister emperor was gaunt and skeletal, his eyes filled with anguish. Cheng Yuqiong: Uh… what a coincidence… A pleasure-seeking, lazy emperor as the bottom x a vengeful, sinister top Reading Guide: 1. A groveling ex chasing his lover, dramatic confrontations, faked deaths, and all kinds of over-the-top plot twists. Neither lead is one to speak his mind. 2. One-on-one romance. 3. Simplistic court intrigue and palace scheming, with mountains of invented details. Don’t scrutinize the logic. 4. A light, fluffy read, just for fun. No unsolicited writing advice. 5. The bottom is lazy, greedy, loves sleeping, has an empty head, and gets by on acting cute. If that bothers you, don’t read! 6. There’s also a free bonus story about Fu Chunxi in the author’s collection. If you’re interested, go take a look! 7. I closed the comments out of curiosity and now can’t figure out how to reopen them. ORZ [Coming Soon] A similarly angsty, melodramatic groveling-ex story: The Humble Bottom Reborn and Learns to Train His Dog Lin Xiaoyuan had spent more than a decade alone and helpless, until he found himself a partner. Gu Yan was as beautiful and proud as a crane, but misfortune brought him to Lin Xiaoyuan’s shabby little hut. Lin Xiaoyuan did his best to keep the crane’s feathers in good shape. In the depths of winter, he went out to gather firewood and boil water until his hands broke out in chilblains, all because Gu Yan liked everything clean. Gu Yan always got to eat a hot meal first. Lin Xiaoyuan would get up in the middle of the night to eat the leftovers. He did so much, but Gu Yan was never satisfied. Then one day, Gu Yan suddenly disappeared. Only after hearing it from other people did Lin Xiaoyuan learn that Gu Yan was the son of a high-ranking official in the capital, lost far from home. His family had come to take him back. Lin Xiaoyuan followed him to the capital. Since their stations in life were so different, they could sign a divorce agreement and go their separate ways in peace. After countless hardships, he finally saw Gu Yan again. With his identity restored, Gu Yan was refined and handsome. He looked at Lin Xiaoyuan as if he were no more than a filthy reminder of the past. To cover up his shameful past, Gu Yan tore the divorce agreement to shreds and forced Lin Xiaoyuan to stay by his side. Everyone thought Lin Xiaoyuan was greedy for wealth and status, shamelessly clinging to the powerful despite having been abandoned in the countryside. Later, Lin Xiaoyuan accidentally discovered that the high-ranking official in the capital owned a jade pendant just like the one he wore. It turned out he was the official’s son! Gu Yan had stolen his identity. His earlier coldness, discontent, and deliberate torment had all been part of his scheme to pass himself off as Lin Xiaoyuan. Lin Xiaoyuan summoned his courage and confronted Gu Yan about the jade pendant. The next day, Gu Yan forced him into a carriage. They were attacked by assassins along the way, and Lin Xiaoyuan fell off a cliff to his death. * When Lin Xiaoyuan opened his eyes, he was reborn in that dilapidated thatched hut. This time, he wouldn’t miss his chance. Lin Xiaoyuan sent Gu Yan away and waited until the carriage his parents had sent finally arrived to fetch him. He returned to the Duke’s estate. His elder brother treated him with great affection, taking him on spring outings in the countryside. His little sister was sweet and innocent, always clinging to her big brother. The Duke and his wife doted on him and did everything they could to make up for the family love he had missed. Lin Xiaoyuan had a family again. He would never go hungry or suffer from the cold anymore. * One day, the emperor hosted a banquet for his ministers to announce to the realm that the Sixth Prince, who had been lost among the common people, had finally been found. Lin Xiaoyuan was among those invited. With his head bowed, he followed behind the Duke, unaware that the immensely noble Sixth Prince, seated above, was staring at him with bloodshot eyes, his gaze wild with obsession. Theme: Cherish the good life you have