After Picking Up a Fussy Little Husband, I Rose to the Top

My name is Su Min. I’m from Chen County, born into a wealthy family.

In this dynasty, where scholars ranked above farmers, artisans, and merchants, I understood that knowledge could change one’s fate. After more than a decade of diligent study, I passed the imperial examinations and became a county magistrate.

I once thought that governing these three mountains, two rivers, and seven parts farmland was the highest ambition I could have in my career.

Who could have guessed that one day, while making my rounds, I would find a young husband unconscious by the roadside and bring him home? From then on, everything changed.

He looked delicate and pampered, like the young master of a wealthy family, but unfortunately, he had lost his memory.

He couldn’t remember his name or family name, but he certainly hadn’t forgotten how to stir up trouble.

“Ah Zong beat up a local tyrant who was seizing farmland.”

“Ah Zong threw a salt worker who was extorting merchants into the river.”

The young master stirred up trouble every day, and the antics were always fresh.

A problem that generations of county magistrates had failed to solve landed on my desk out of the blue.

I gritted my teeth and stamped my foot. Whoever picked up this mess had to deal with it.

As I cleaned up after my young husband, I unexpectedly eradicated decades-old ills in Chen County. The following year, I was promoted to prefect, and later received an imperial summons to the capital, where the emperor himself granted me an audience.

But just then, my young husband left without a word. I was heartbroken.

After arriving in the capital, I heard that the young emperor, who had spent the past few years traveling incognito, had finally returned to the palace and was preparing to make big changes.

But lately, he had run into a troubling problem and could barely eat or sleep.

I draw my salary from the emperor, so it’s my duty to ease his worries. Rubbing my hands together, full of confidence, I entered the Hall of Diligent Governance. The moment I looked up, I was stunned.

My young husband sat upright before me, clad in imperial robes.

“Due to an accident, I once received a person’s kindness, but afterward I had no choice but to leave him. Now I feel deeply uneasy. What do you think, my dear subject?”

Honest, fatherly Top × Fussy little emperor Bottom. The Top is later promoted to Grand Secretary and becomes a renowned statesman.

Theme: Dare to face adversity.