The Frail Scholar Went on a Rampage

General Zhang Zhifu finally threw his sworn enemy, Lord Ruan, into prison.

This man had to die!

But the Eldest Princess came through the snow with a message: Ruan Yi is your biological son.

The various factions at court fought tooth and nail over Ruan Yi.

The emperor, who above all should have protected him, abandoned their bond, forged through years of companionship and mutual support, for the throne, becoming the blade that would kill him.

The powerful minister who most wanted him dead secretly intervened and saved his life.

Ruan Yi was ultimately sentenced to exile in a military camp as a slave. Everyone felt it was a terrible waste. The brilliant third-place palace examination graduate was a frail scholar, sickly and weak. Even after walking a little, he had to stop and catch his breath more often than others. In the army, all his talents would go to waste, and he might not even survive.

After all, the army camp was on the turf of Ruan Yi's sworn enemy, General Zhang. It was up to the general how he chose to torment Ruan Yi.

Against all expectations, Ruan Yi not only survived in the military camp, he thrived like a fish in water. He taught military strategy, grew medicinal herbs, taught farming, supported merchants, and opened up trade routes. He turned the frigid borderlands into a string of prosperous towns, built an invincible army, and even won the voluntary submission of neighboring kingdoms.

A universally adored, versatile, sharp-tongued, frail uke

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A gifted strategist and martial artist, an incredibly capable and decisive seme

Blurb written in May 2023, and often revised.

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After graduating, Su Qingyuan opened a bookstore, but business was dismal. One day, while cleaning, a book hit him hard on the head, and he transmigrated into a novel he had been following.

The story was about a hunter who led a rebellion and became the ruler of the land. When he was reading it, Su Qingyuan thought it was a thrilling and satisfying tale. Now that he was actually inside it, all he wanted to do was cry for his mother!

Yellow dust filled the sky, and there wasn't even a proper road!

Rough clothes barely covered his backside!

They had no weapons. Who started a rebellion by throwing stones?

The protagonist limped along. This was the man who would become the new king?

Su Qingyuan began to seriously doubt the author's sanity. How could this rebellion possibly succeed?

"Ding! You have bound the Bookstore Sign-In System. As long as you show your face in front of the protagonist every day, you can completely master a skill from a book. Please sign in every day. If you miss a day, you will be punished. Hint: Stir the protagonist's emotions, and you may get a chance to make up a missed sign-in or receive a small mystery-box gift."

To stay alive in this desolate world, Su Qingyuan kicked open the protagonist's dilapidated door. The young man was so sickly he could barely sit up, yet his eyes glared at him like a little eagle's.

"Come on, look at my face!" Su Qingyuan grabbed the boy by the collar and pulled him up, then leaned in close. "Is it pretty?"

"Sign-in successful. Please choose the book whose skills you wish to acquire."

Su Qingyuan had meant to ask for a book on how to transmigrate, but seeing the stubborn boy's fearful eyes and deathly pale face, he sighed and chose a medical text.

A proud, alluring uke, a top-notch skillful builder

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A ruthless founding emperor, a white-lotus seme

Blurb written on July 20, 2025, screenshot saved.

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