This story has a very long plot! I recommend reading it one chapter at a time.
[Reader’s Guide]: The early chapters feature coercive love and forced intimacy, melodrama, an alternate Northern and Southern Dynasties setting, an ensemble-driven plot, political scheming, struggles for supremacy, and nation-building. A sickly, irresistible bottom × a deranged top who’s terrifyingly good at war.
[Blurb]
As a transmigrator with a wealth of skills, Chen Chan could easily outclass everyone in this world and make a name for himself. Unfortunately, he’s a sickly invalid, falling ill every few days and confined to his home. To make matters worse, he has a face that makes everyone fall for him, and in Jiangzuo he gradually earns a reputation as nothing but a pretty face.
Well, so be it.
In his previous life, he was too clever and capable, so everyone piled work on him until he worked himself to death. In this life, he’s born into a powerful clan with generations of high-ranking officials. He’ll just lie flat and call it a day.
Who could have guessed that in the twelfth year of the White Horse era, the incompetent emperor would wrongfully execute his generals, and the only son of an old general would narrowly escape death? Instead of biding his time and lying low, the young man shot an arrow into the gate of the imperial camp and left a note:
“Dog emperor, you say I’m rebelling? Fine, I’ll show you what a real rebellion looks like!”
When Chen Chan heard the news, he took it as a joke.
Come on, he was the only one with a cheat in this world. The empire was vast. Even if an eighteen-year-old upstart was a human weapon sent from heaven, could he really take on an army of a million?
But no one expected the so-called simpleton to actually raise an army and reach the Yangtze in less than two years. Two years later, the emperor turned his blade on the Chen family, while his political enemies stabbed him in the back, forcing his eldest brother, a civil official, to defend Yanzhou to the death.
Chen Chan calculated that if the two men met, his elder brother would die at Cui Yan’s hands. He raced through the night for a thousand miles and used a scheme to save him, but he never expected to get caught in the middle of the power struggles and fall right into the tiger’s jaws himself.
At that moment, he could no longer lie flat, and he couldn’t even manage a smile.
This wasn’t some simpleton. He was a peerless killer and a fearsome general, a man who could hunt tigers and capture dragons.
In a standoff on the main street, Cui Yan held a blade to his horse, but the instant he saw Chen Chan, he suddenly changed his mind.
“Good. From now on, you’re mine.”
[Reader’s Guide]
1. Danmei, historical power struggles, political intrigue, and nation-building. Ensemble cast, but the story follows Chen Chan.
2. Bottom: sickly, cool, and irresistible.
Top: a fearsome, unhinged fighter at first; after losing his memory, he acts like a sweet, innocent fool while secretly taking down one opponent after another; later, he falls somewhere between the two.
3. The early chapters feature coercive love and forced intimacy, as well as a twisted romance. No character in the story is entirely in the right or perfectly flawless. If that’s not for you, please don’t click.
3. The setting is inspired by an alternate version of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
4. Blurb captured on 2024.8.30.
5. Important: This story is about the main couple falling in love. If you don’t want to read about the second, third, fourth, or fifth male leads or their plotlines, please consider carefully whether to read, based on the summary’s mention of Chen Chan and Cui Yan’s reunion.
Theme: If you’re alive, keep striving.
The author's writing is good and has historical background, but I want to say that this is the first time I spent so much on JJ💰 to finish reading a novel. When I read the second volume, I thought the author would give me my money back. I was quite disappointed after reading it, and the gap was too big with my expectations. I read it without skipping a beat.
1. In terms of plot, the first volume is the best plot. It is obviously a good start. The protagonist has the courage and plan to escape from Cui's side. The characters are also good. You Fangyan is named, but his righteous and awe-inspiring appearance makes me think this character is tenable. The third sister is also remarkable. The appearance of the Zheng family and the protagonist's use of various forces to escape can be said to be very good. Starting from the second volume, the protagonist begins to suffer. Although I know that the protagonist will witness the sufferings of the world and experience changes in his thoughts, the third volume of the second volume takes up 50% of the space. The content is boring and long. The author of the second volume said that I was looking forward to starting a career. I did not expect that I was so disappointed. The entire chapter In the second volume, the protagonist is a sick man who suffers in various ways (plus there are too many plots about the suffering of the common people, which makes the readers uninterested). In the third volume, after reuniting with his brother, it is boring to go to Jingzhou to make Pei and the governor turn against each other. In the end, it is still necessary to rely on his brother to complete the transformation of the protagonist? ? In my opinion, the second and third volumes are worth at most 15% of the content. I understand that the author wants to write about the protagonist's change of mind after experiencing suffering, but this is too complicated and the progress of the career line is slow. It is not until the end of the third volume that the real career begins. If I ask you to imagine that in the second volume, the protagonist has experienced the hardships of the bottom and changed his mind. When he was in Xiaoyeguan, he could control a county and town, and he could start his career line, engage in agriculture and weapons. Yu's master figured out that he was an "alien" and assisted him, or asked Yu to fight for the protagonist. At this point, there are those who fight, and there are military advisers. They have everything to develop agricultural weapons, and recruit more soldiers to start a prairie fire. If you are a state on your own, you don't need to rely on your elder brother. If you have different ideas from your elder brother, then you can go out alone. You have the right to speak and the skills to negotiate with Kong Zhou, the imperial court and Zheng Qin, and compete in the world. This is what makes a career. Instead of letting the protagonist suffer in the second volume, which was very tiring to read, the third volume fights for Jingzhou for his brother, and only after his brother dies will he have the opportunity to start a career. 50% Of the content is wasted, all of it is doing ideological work for the protagonist, and there is no real career development. The next two volumes are about You and his admirers causing trouble in Jiankang, and Chen Zhi making trouble in Jiangnan. They are completely copied and pasted. This plot gives people a tasteless feeling. There is no pleasant feeling in the whole article. It is all about being a heartthrob and plotting to gain a career. I can understand that the article is enjoyable.
2. In terms of characterization and emotional aspects, it is even worse. It is acceptable for Cui to be a jerk at the beginning, but it is understandable that he corrects himself after he loses his memory. The protagonist's liking for him and his falling in love with the protagonist are actually not very convincing. Speaking of the protagonist, I had a quarrel with my brother in the middle and felt that the character was a bit broken. I understand that my brother is the last blood relative in the world. The protagonist is a bit childish, but when my brother marries the Huang family, there are also quarrels due to different ideas. The protagonist is angry. It seems that the protagonist is really willful and does not feel smart and stable at the beginning. In the end, he had to use his brother's death to fulfill his role as the main character. He felt that his brother was completely a tool man. Kong Zhou also died as soon as he wanted. Everyone is a tool man. The second male lead spent more time with the protagonist except for the second volume, and then became a passerby. In the final analysis, it lacked the drama of the court. If according to my imagination, the protagonist starts a career on his own, He You represents a state, his brother represents a state, Zheng Qin represents a state, Cui represents a state, various aristocratic families, there are emperors and Kong Zhou in the court, and various forces compete for each other, this is Let's compete in the world, and as a result, 50% of the entire second and third volumes are devoted to the main character suffering and fighting to escape, and then quarreling with his brother to solve the case. Pei's feelings for the third sister are also inexplicable. I can understand Yu's darkening, but falling in love with the main character is inexplicable. Chen Zhi is also simple-minded and can understand when he goes astray. Darkening and whitewashing are both far-fetched. It is inexplicable that Wen falls in love with the protagonist. In the fourth volume, You goes crazy, and You's admirers like You. In the fifth volume, Chen Zhi goes crazy, and Chen Zhi likes Wen. It can be said that changing the soup does not change the plot. The only surprising thing is that Zhitang is actually the emperor, but it's a pity that the second male lead was reduced to a passerby in the end. That's not how the heartthrob was written. I didn't feel any pleasure. From the Emperor to You Fangyan to Wen, everyone fell in love with the protagonist inexplicably. The first two were quite crazy.
3. Generally speaking, the author has good knowledge and good writing style, but the story and character description are not good, and the emotional drama is not good. There were no characters in it that moved me, and there was no plot that I found exciting. I just feel it's a pity and a disappointment. Only the protagonist's occasional "smartness" makes it okay. Apart from the protagonist, You Fangyan can be said to be a relatively well-rounded character, but his inexplicable liking for the protagonist is a bit ruined. "Heartthrob" doesn't make people feel happy or "fascinated". They only have an inexplicable liking for the protagonist. The career line is written in a mess, and there is no sense of satisfaction at all.
Is this an exchange of tokens of love? [Crying] [Crying] [Crying]
Life is similar everywhere, it should be like a flying dragon stepping on snow and mud. Chen Chan always has compassion in his heart, and finally agrees with Cui Yan's ideas on the way forward. As the protagonists, their life mission has been completed, but there are too many blood and tears of the unknown people and those who have left their names. A very complete growth history and world view. I agree that conquest is sometimes too fast and sometimes too slow. When it is fast, good generals, sages, or villains who are just mediocre die in an instant; when it is slow, spring flowers and autumn moons or lingering regrets arise. In many cases, time is also destiny, and it is difficult to explain it clearly with a straight line.
Now that the main text is over, can't Big Brother be resurrected again? [Crying] For example, in that battle, Big Brother actually didn't die, but was bombed and lost his memory. He followed the river to a villager's house, and worked as a village farmer or a teacher for several years. After a long time, he was discovered by the protagonist, and they recognized each other. I really miss Big Brother [Crying]
The protagonist is really miserable. He has only had a few good days after the whole story. He is really the king of resistance to stress [laughing and crying]
I guess the Dog Emperor cannot tolerate the leakage of talent, so he decided to kill the talent first [crying]
It's been a long time since I read a long article. Please give me your support and let me finish with some flowers~
It's very sad to see in the middle. There are many things people can't help themselves with and they don't mean what they say.
This is a long and well-written article that is written with great care. All in all, I'm done with the flowers.
It's over and I'm a little reluctant to leave it [crying] [crying] [crying]
Good things should be rewarded [glasses], as long as they are not tortured, this love triangle tastes really hearty [dog head]. Actually, I have a comment. I think it would be interesting to write about the main character cheating for no apparent reason. Wen Shidan has the kind of feeling of being a shady mistress.
The author's writing is good and has historical background, but I want to say that this is the first time I spent so much on JJ💰 to finish reading a novel. When I read the second volume, I thought the author would give me my money back. I was quite disappointed after reading it, and the gap was too big with my expectations. I read it without skipping a beat. 1. In terms of plot, the first volume is the best plot. It is obviously a good start. The protagonist has the courage and plan to escape from Cui's side. The characters are also good. You Fangyan is named, but his righteous and awe-inspiring appearance makes me think this character is tenable. The third sister is also remarkable. The appearance of the Zheng family and the protagonist's use of various forces to escape can be said to be very good. Starting from the second volume, the protagonist begins to suffer. Although I know that the protagonist will witness the sufferings of the world and experience changes in his thoughts, the third volume of the second volume takes up 50% of the space. The content is boring and long. The author of the second volume said that I was looking forward to starting a career. I did not expect that I was so disappointed. The entire chapter In the second volume, the protagonist is a sick man who suffers in various ways (plus there are too many plots about the suffering of the common people, which makes the readers uninterested). In the third volume, after reuniting with his brother, it is boring to go to Jingzhou to make Pei and the governor turn against each other. In the end, it is still necessary to rely on his brother to complete the transformation of the protagonist? ? In my opinion, the second and third volumes are worth at most 15% of the content. I understand that the author wants to write about the protagonist's change of mind after experiencing suffering, but this is too complicated and the progress of the career line is slow. It is not until the end of the third volume that the real career begins. If I ask you to imagine that in the second volume, the protagonist has experienced the hardships of the bottom and changed his mind. When he was in Xiaoyeguan, he could control a county and town, and he could start his career line, engage in agriculture and weapons. Yu's master figured out that he was an "alien" and assisted him, or asked Yu to fight for the protagonist. At this point, there are those who fight, and there are military advisers. They have everything to develop agricultural weapons, and recruit more soldiers to start a prairie fire. If you are a state on your own, you don't need to rely on your elder brother. If you have different ideas from your elder brother, then you can go out alone. You have the right to speak and the skills to negotiate with Kong Zhou, the imperial court and Zheng Qin, and compete in the world. This is what makes a career. Instead of letting the protagonist suffer in the second volume, which was very tiring to read, the third volume fights for Jingzhou for his brother, and only after his brother dies will he have the opportunity to start a career. 50% Of the content is wasted, all of it is doing ideological work for the protagonist, and there is no real career development. The next two volumes are about You and his admirers causing trouble in Jiankang, and Chen Zhi making trouble in Jiangnan. They are completely copied and pasted. This plot gives people a tasteless feeling. There is no pleasant feeling in the whole article. It is all about being a heartthrob and plotting to gain a career. I can understand that the article is enjoyable. 2. In terms of characterization and emotional aspects, it is even worse. It is acceptable for Cui to be a jerk at the beginning, but it is understandable that he corrects himself after he loses his memory. The protagonist's liking for him and his falling in love with the protagonist are actually not very convincing. Speaking of the protagonist, I had a quarrel with my brother in the middle and felt that the character was a bit broken. I understand that my brother is the last blood relative in the world. The protagonist is a bit childish, but when my brother marries the Huang family, there are also quarrels due to different ideas. The protagonist is angry. It seems that the protagonist is really willful and does not feel smart and stable at the beginning. In the end, he had to use his brother's death to fulfill his role as the main character. He felt that his brother was completely a tool man. Kong Zhou also died as soon as he wanted. Everyone is a tool man. The second male lead spent more time with the protagonist except for the second volume, and then became a passerby. In the final analysis, it lacked the drama of the court. If according to my imagination, the protagonist starts a career on his own, He You represents a state, his brother represents a state, Zheng Qin represents a state, Cui represents a state, various aristocratic families, there are emperors and Kong Zhou in the court, and various forces compete for each other, this is Let's compete in the world, and as a result, 50% of the entire second and third volumes are devoted to the main character suffering and fighting to escape, and then quarreling with his brother to solve the case. Pei's feelings for the third sister are also inexplicable. I can understand Yu's darkening, but falling in love with the main character is inexplicable. Chen Zhi is also simple-minded and can understand when he goes astray. Darkening and whitewashing are both far-fetched. It is inexplicable that Wen falls in love with the protagonist. In the fourth volume, You goes crazy, and You's admirers like You. In the fifth volume, Chen Zhi goes crazy, and Chen Zhi likes Wen. It can be said that changing the soup does not change the plot. The only surprising thing is that Zhitang is actually the emperor, but it's a pity that the second male lead was reduced to a passerby in the end. That's not how the heartthrob was written. I didn't feel any pleasure. From the Emperor to You Fangyan to Wen, everyone fell in love with the protagonist inexplicably. The first two were quite crazy. 3. Generally speaking, the author has good knowledge and good writing style, but the story and character description are not good, and the emotional drama is not good. There were no characters in it that moved me, and there was no plot that I found exciting. I just feel it's a pity and a disappointment. Only the protagonist's occasional "smartness" makes it okay. Apart from the protagonist, You Fangyan can be said to be a relatively well-rounded character, but his inexplicable liking for the protagonist is a bit ruined. "Heartthrob" doesn't make people feel happy or "fascinated". They only have an inexplicable liking for the protagonist. The career line is written in a mess, and there is no sense of satisfaction at all.
Is this an exchange of tokens of love? [Crying] [Crying] [Crying]
Life is similar everywhere, it should be like a flying dragon stepping on snow and mud. Chen Chan always has compassion in his heart, and finally agrees with Cui Yan's ideas on the way forward. As the protagonists, their life mission has been completed, but there are too many blood and tears of the unknown people and those who have left their names. A very complete growth history and world view. I agree that conquest is sometimes too fast and sometimes too slow. When it is fast, good generals, sages, or villains who are just mediocre die in an instant; when it is slow, spring flowers and autumn moons or lingering regrets arise. In many cases, time is also destiny, and it is difficult to explain it clearly with a straight line.
Now that the main text is over, can't Big Brother be resurrected again? [Crying] For example, in that battle, Big Brother actually didn't die, but was bombed and lost his memory. He followed the river to a villager's house, and worked as a village farmer or a teacher for several years. After a long time, he was discovered by the protagonist, and they recognized each other. I really miss Big Brother [Crying]
The protagonist is really miserable. He has only had a few good days after the whole story. He is really the king of resistance to stress [laughing and crying]
I guess the Dog Emperor cannot tolerate the leakage of talent, so he decided to kill the talent first [crying]
It's been a long time since I read a long article. Please give me your support and let me finish with some flowers~
It's very sad to see in the middle. There are many things people can't help themselves with and they don't mean what they say. This is a long and well-written article that is written with great care. All in all, I'm done with the flowers.
It's over and I'm a little reluctant to leave it [crying] [crying] [crying]
Good things should be rewarded [glasses], as long as they are not tortured, this love triangle tastes really hearty [dog head]. Actually, I have a comment. I think it would be interesting to write about the main character cheating for no apparent reason. Wen Shidan has the kind of feeling of being a shady mistress.