The Puppet Emperor Is Forced to Compete

A scheming, reborn beauty Gong x a clear-eyed but not naive college student Shou who transmigrates

Blurb:

After transmigrating, Qi Ziyuan becomes the newly enthroned young emperor of Great Liang.

He may seem to be the supreme ruler, but inside the court, civil and military officials are all scheming for their own ends, while neighboring countries eye the throne from beyond the borders.

As a modern college student whose biggest daily problem is deciding what to eat, Qi Ziyuan feels powerless and just wants to give up.

Then a former emperor appears out of nowhere, frail and gravely ill but speaking earnestly: I haven't long to live. I leave the empire of Great Liang in Your Majesty's hands!

Having just taken someone else's throne, Qi Ziyuan has no choice but to summon the same determination he had when preparing for his senior high school entrance exams and throw himself into his work.

Under the former emperor's constant guidance, Qi Ziyuan opens channels for honest counsel, recruits talent, reduces labor duties, and promotes proper rites. The increasingly dire state of the court finally begins to show signs of life, but then a palace coup takes place, and the former emperor, Qi Rang, seizes power and reclaims the throne in one swift stroke.

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Reborn, Qi Rang plots and schemes at every turn. At last, he cleans up the court and reclaims the throne.

One day, he receives a secret report from Lingnan: former officials of Nanyue are plotting a rebellion and intend to restore Qi Ziyuan, the deposed emperor who was exiled there.

Qi Rang leads his troops south and crushes the rebels in one decisive strike, only to hear that the deposed emperor, unable to bear seeing his homeland plunged into chaos again, had jumped into the river under the rebels' threats. His body was never found.

That night, Qi Rang dreams.

He dreams of a time long ago, when a drunken young man rested his head on his lap and said he had never wanted to be emperor. All he had ever wanted was to escape the luxurious cage of the imperial palace, and live freely and happily beneath the vast sky.

Older Gong, younger Shou, 1v1, happy ending.

The Gong had no romantic history with the Shou's original body in his previous life, and they are not related by blood.

Reader note:

I've revised the blurb and removed a few lines. This won't affect the overall direction of the plot.

The blurb doesn't represent the whole story. Everyone's actions will have reasonable explanations in the novel. There shouldn't be any overly melodramatic misunderstandings, so there won't be a groveling arc or anything like that.

New novel: The Crown Prince's Heir Doesn't Want the Country to Fall

Unconventional, scheming Crown Prince's Heir Gong & a stunning beauty who can turn the tide, a fake Daoist Shou

Blurb:

The day Daoist Jiang enters the palace, he's wearing an old Daoist robe washed so often it's faded white. With his ethereally beautiful, cool features and his superb medical skills, which save the Third Prince's life, he seems like an immortal untouched by worldly concerns.

But this "immortal" smashes the alchemy furnace belonging to the Heavenly Master next door just a few days later.

After that, he does whatever he wants. He takes charge of the Imperial Medical Bureau, occupies the Noble Consort's chambers, and empties the emperor's treasured pills...

He even climbs into the Crown Prince's Heir's bed.

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Yan Yinzhi has always hated Daoists, but Daoist Jiang is simply too beautiful.

What began as a mutually beneficial arrangement they both understood, plus a touch of lust at first sight,

turns into an affection nurtured by spending every day together and surviving countless brushes with death. Before long, it grows into a rare, genuine love.

Later, the border is in crisis. Yan Yinzhi, who has finally purged the court and taken control of the government, is forced to personally lead an army north.

Through bitter battles and endless hardship, the only thing that sustains him is the hope of returning soon to reunite with the one he loves.

But on the eve of his victorious return, he receives a secret letter saying the capital has been thrown into chaos, and that a wicked Daoist has taken control of the palace and intends to rebel.

The letter was written by the very wicked Daoist who intends to rebel.

Younger Gong, older Shou, 1v1, happy ending.

Reader Guide:

1. Still set in a fictional world. There's a little court intrigue, but not much.

2. To avoid spoilers, I could only manage to write the blurb this way. It doesn't cover the entire plot.

3. The main characters are imperfect. They don't represent the author's values.

4. I'll add more later if I think of anything else. (#^.^#)

Theme: Family, country, and the world.