The Exiled Crown Prince's Clever Life

After transmigrating, Yu Shu became a disgraced crown prince.

The imperial mausoleum was nestled among mountains and waters. No 996, no 007, and food and drink were provided every day. His father even declared that he would never let Yu Shu leave.

Yu Shu, who had died from overwork, thought: Perfect!

His uncle told him to lie low and be patient, but Yu Shu took his guards to reclaim wasteland, grow crops, and raise sows.

The eunuchs said the princess of the grasslands was rich and powerful, and that marrying her was a sure bet. But Yu Shu only talked to the lowly hostage prince from Beimuo.

While everyone else worked to curry favor with the empress and the new crown prince, Yu Shu chatted about chicken soup with the disgraced consort...

All Yu Shu wanted was a quiet life farming. He kept reminding himself to stay away from his ambitious brothers, never set foot beyond the imperial mausoleum, and resist the outside world's temptations. They were all ploys to lure him out into court intrigue and work!

Yu Shu: No to work, starting with me!

But then...

A severe drought struck Lingbei, and the treasury had neither money nor grain. His father begged him to hand over ten granaries from the imperial mausoleum.

The consort was determined to make a career for herself. She successfully became empress, drugged the emperor into paralysis, and came to bring Yu Shu back to the palace to become the new emperor.

And that hostage, who was a woman disguised as a man, was looking at him strangely...

He'd only wanted to be a lazy fish. How did he end up on the throne?

Later, the history books recorded that Emperor Yuan had bided his time for years, was as clever as a god, and achieved deeds no one could ever surpass.

Theme: Happiness matters most