After I Exposed the Imperial Consort, the Tyrant Became Infatuated with Me

One day, you transmigrate into a book.

You hear your predecessor kneeling on the ground, swearing to the heavens: "I wish to report the Noble Consort for adultery and debauching the imperial harem. I swear every word is true!"

Once you regain consciousness and take control of your body, you realize in horror: at the New Year's Eve banquet, the emperor angrily smashes his wine cup, the Noble Consort glares at you darkly, and the adulterer looks at you with a smirk, as if you're already dead.

The entire palace falls silent!

You: Oh, hell.

Your choices are:

[Brain short-circuiting ○]

[Kneel and beg for mercy ○]

[Act crazy and play dumb ●]

Your brain short-circuits, and you anger the emperor into a faint. You're dragged away and beaten to death.

You kneel and beg for mercy, but before long the Noble Consort takes revenge, has you mutilated, and pickles you in wine.

Only acting crazy and playing dumb can help you escape disaster, at least for now.

You're banished to the Cold Palace.

At this moment, a gloomy, disturbed boy who is bullied by others is trapped in the Cold Palace.

In the near future, he will become a tyrant whose name is recorded in the annals of the Great Liang dynasty. He will plunge the Nine Provinces into war and leave countless lives in ruin.

With nowhere else to turn, you choose:

[Remember how cruel he'll become and stay far away ○]

[How could there be a man hiding in the Cold Palace? Report him! ○]

[Comfort him, care for him, and get close to the future tyrant while he's still young! ●]

The twenty-third year of the Jiacheng reign.

Jiang Jue raises an army in rebellion, kills his father and elder brother, and has the Noble Consort, who brought ruin to the kingdom, flayed alive.

That night, amid blazing fires and thick smoke, he is like a demon from hell, his long sword stained with blood as he slaughters his way through half the palace.

He does not ascend the throne that symbolizes supreme power. Instead, he goes to the Cold Palace and carries out a discarded palace consort.

With his bloodstained cloak wrapped around her, she clutches his sleeve. "You promised me you would be a good emperor."

"The choice is yours, Sister."

"If you stay, I'll give you a prosperous realm, with peace and prosperity throughout the land."

"If you want to leave," Jiang Jue says, lowering his eyes, "then even if I descend into an endless hell of bloodshed, I will have no regrets."

[The story is told in third person and takes place in a fictional setting. No historical research needed.]

[A dangerously obsessive man who tests the limits every day × a sweet, slightly slow-witted ray of sunshine]

[The opening of the blurb was inspired by Gua Liu, but this story has little to do with Gua Liu.]

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