The Sickly Beauty Spoiled by the Enemy Nation's Tyrant

[Transmigrated Tyrant Who Pretends to Be Lazy but Is Actually a Fish-Fancier Top X Vengeful, Sickly Beauty Bottom from the Original Book]

Xie Jiu, a prince of Yue, has been frail and sickly since childhood, with a proud and aloof nature.

On top of that, a fortune-teller once declared him cold-hearted and ungrateful, so he has never been well liked by the people of Yue.

Yet when enemy forces laid siege to the capital, he willingly took the throne, though it was a poisoned chalice.

The next moment, the city fell and the kingdom was destroyed.

He became the captive of Ji Wuchen, emperor of the enemy state.

The two kingdoms are bound by generations of enmity, and their conflict can only end in death.

Everyone says Ji Wuchen spared Xie Jiu so he could make his life a living hell.

Xie Jiu thinks so too. Otherwise, why would his foolish older brother have been willing to hand over the throne to him?

But no matter what, as king, he has only two choices: die for his country or restore it.

He swears he will never share the world with Ji Wuchen!

But when he meets Ji Wuchen, the man infamous as a tyrant...

Why does everything seem a little off?

1.

On the day the captive king presented his sword, Xie Jiu refused to suffer the humiliation and meant to take his own life with it, dying for his country.

But no one expected Ji Wuchen to catch the blade with his bare hands and snatch the sword from him.

The ministers stared in shock, thinking Ji Wuchen meant to kill him himself.

Instead, Ji Wuchen dropped the sword, cupped Xie Jiu's face with bloodied hands, and gazed at him with an emotion he couldn't understand, speaking each word with grave emphasis:

"Xie Jiu, you must not die."

2.

Since he couldn't die, Xie Jiu decided to steal the enemy state's secrets to prepare for the restoration of his kingdom.

But after he succeeded, a traitor exposed him.

The ministers were furious, certain Ji Wuchen would kill him.

Unexpectedly, Ji Wuchen didn't care at all. In front of everyone, he burned all the evidence, then draped a fox-fur cloak around Xie Jiu with his own hands and bowed his head to murmur:

"The night is deep and the dew is heavy, my lord. Don't let yourself get cold."

3.

Later, Xie Jiu gradually gained control of the enemy state's power, and the restoration of his kingdom seemed within reach.

Others thought he had plotted and schemed his way there, but only he knew it was all thanks to Ji Wuchen's tacit approval, and even... his giving everything over willingly.

The ministers were outraged. They thought Ji Wuchen had been bewitched by him, denounced him as a seductress, and vowed to purge the court.

This time, too, Ji Wuchen immediately stepped in front of him, swiftly crushing all opposition before announcing to the world in an imperial edict:

"I have long admired the King of Yue."

"I offer my entire kingdom as a betrothal gift, in hopes of joining our houses in marriage."

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Ji Wuchen, a modern university student, read a novel at his cousin's enthusiastic recommendation.

After finishing it, he barely remembered the protagonist, but one villainous cannon-fodder character named [Xie Jiu] stuck in his mind:

He was snow from the heavens, yet dirt on the earth, suffering every hardship and humiliation the world could inflict.

What a shame.

Ji Wuchen turned off his phone and tossed and turned for a long time before finally falling into a deep sleep.

But when he woke again, he had transmigrated into the book's world and become the tyrant who inflicted the most suffering and humiliation on Xie Jiu.

Ji Wuchen: ...?

But I'm just a lazy fish!

Before he could finish lamenting, a flash of swordlight appeared before him. The blade turned red, but the blood on it was no longer Xie Jiu's.

Ji Wuchen looked at Xie Jiu's pale yet resolute face.

For some reason,

the little deer in his heart was about to crash and die:

It's over. Looks like... I can't be a lazy fish anymore.

Blurb written on 2023/10/16, screenshot saved.

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