I Picked Up My Past Life's Dark Moonlight, the Regent King [Both Reborn]

In his previous life, Rong Yu was a puppet emperor kept by the powerful minister Fang Jie.

Because he was sufficiently docile and perceptive, when he was imprisoned in the ninefold palace and realized he was nearing his end, he clutched Fang Jie's sleeve in the snow, trying to use his docility and perceptiveness to obtain a final shred of dignity.

"I can take my own life, so Your Highness won't have to get your hands dirty."

Fang Jie glanced at his brocade shoes, soiled by the snow, and casually lifted him into his arms.

The minister who wielded the power of the Supreme Sword sighed to him, "Your Majesty is willing to beg for others to be spared. How can you speak so lightly of your own life and death?"

"You should keep living. If you do, perhaps one day you'll be able to kill this treacherous minister with your own hands."

He could not even die when he wanted to.

Was his insignificant life still useful because it wasn't yet the right time for Fang Jie to usurp the throne?

Later, a cup of poisoned wine was finally placed before Rong Yu.

His life had reached a dead end.

Life was but a dream. Waking, he regretted his past life.

Rong Yu jolted awake from a nightmare. In this life, he was seventeen and still a prince ruling a small, remote fief.

This time, he found nineteen-year-old Fang Jie in the snow, his clothes soaked through with blood, yet his eyes innocent and guileless.

A variable that could break the deadlock, and the young man he had first met, dead in the depths of his memories and now reborn, who had unsettled his heart.

Rong Yu pointed the knife in his hand at Fang Jie's heart.

If he stabbed him, the snow would melt, the jade would shatter, and all their past entanglements would end.

But when the time came to strike, he hesitated.

A gentle, perceptive, and good-natured prince and emperor as the shou x a sinister minister in his previous life, now pretending to be good-natured, as the gong.

Reader's Guide:

1. Both leads are reborn, each other's first love, one-on-one romance, happy ending. It includes everyday romance and kindergarten-level court intrigue, with a slow-burn progression.

2. The setting is fictional. Many titles and place names were chosen because they sounded nice, so don't read too much into them. The worldbuilding strives for logical consistency.

3. Fang Jie did not cause the shou's death in his previous life. In this life, the shou will not become emperor until much later.

4. If anything makes you uncomfortable while reading, please stop at once. No matter how long you have stayed with this story, I am grateful to the angel readers I met along the way.

Theme: Hold your destiny in your own hands