Reborn as the Doomed Consort Who Dies Young

Jiang Xuanshen transmigrated into an old-school political scheming novel as the emperor's son-in-law.

He had just been carried into the residence of the powerful Princess Li Shaoyan to marry her.

According to the original story, the princess had always dreamed of becoming empress, and would stir up the court and unleash a storm of bloodshed.

Jiang Xuanshen was nothing more than a small pawn in the princess's hands, destined to be made a scapegoat when the time came.

After learning that he would be accused of treason and beheaded, Jiang Xuanshen decided to teach the princess about social harmony and civilized values.

The princess wanted to poison her political rival. Jiang Xuanshen stopped her: "No! Your Highness, you haven't put in enough poison!"

The princess wanted to assassinate her imperial brother. Jiang Xuanshen pointed at the line of assassins and tutted: "No! Your Highness, you haven't sent enough men!"

The princess wanted to bring a few generals into her residence to serve her. Jiang Xuanshen advised her: "No! Your Highness, you haven't taken the throne yet. This will give people something to gossip about and the officials will impeach you!"

Jiang Xuanshen had been content to lie around like a salted fish and enjoy a life of luxury. He never expected that, while lying there, he'd become the greatest treacherous official in the entire court.

Reader's guide:

1. Both leads are virgins. One loves power, the other loves life, so you could say they're each other's first love. Since the story starts out narrated from the male lead's perspective, I chose him, but the male and female leads each get about half the story. This is the author's first attempt at a plot-driven novel.

2. The male lead has a world-renowned PhD in virtuous masculinity.

3. The female lead is a lunatic, and the male lead is a scheming old fox pretending to be an idiot. They have all their buffs maxed out and scam people together.

4. That's all for now. I'll add more if I think of anything else.

Theme: A man who follows virtuous conduct will live to a hundred.