The Chronicle of Prince Qi [Reborn]

[Cool, older, fatherly top × flirtatious, scheming beauty of an undercover guard bottom. Both leads are strong]

College student Xie Shu transmigrates into the turbulent era of the North and South, where human lives are worth less than grass, and becomes a low-ranking undercover guard in the Southern Dynasty.

The good news is that he's exceptionally talented and a formidable martial artist, so he doesn't have to worry about giving himself away.

The bad news is that the original owner's identity is suspicious. If it's exposed, he'll die without a body to bury.

Bad news number two: even if his identity stays hidden, the powerful will use him as a pawn, treating his life as worthless, then kill him once he's no longer useful!

Xie Shu: ...

What grand scheme? You dare use me as a pawn? I'll flip the whole board over!

*

To survive among suspicion and slaughter, Xie Shu pretends to be lazy and useless on the surface while secretly stirring up trouble.

They send him to poison someone? He pretends to panic and drops the bowl. They use him as part of a scheme? He secretly passes along information. They force him to hurt someone? He goes out of his way to help them instead!

But who could have expected that the court, where good and loyal people had been silenced and framed, would suddenly turn around because of him? Everyone began to see Xie Shu as their hope for breaking the deadlock!

The prince who was supposed to be poisoned to death: Thank you for saving my life, sir!

The comrade who was supposed to be executed: Thank you for adapting so quickly, benefactor!

The high minister who was supposed to be implicated: Thank you for your brilliant idea, young master!

Even the powerful ministers and emperor in the royal court, the great clans, and the eunuch faction all began giving him meaningful looks.

Every major player on both sides had somehow decided, without a word between them, that he was a pillar of the state! They not only entrusted him with important duties, but also protected him as he rose steadily through the ranks!

And Xie Shu, who had somehow become everyone's darling: ???

Capable of great things, who, me???

*

With the powerful backing him, Xie Shu took on one important assignment after another, while secretly keeping watch on the young general Xiao Si, who seemed upright and honorable on the surface but was secretly plotting rebellion.

At their first clash, Xie Shu secretly switched the poison.

At their second encounter, Xie Shu secretly passed along information.

At their third ambush, Xie Shu simply showed up to help...

Later, with the candlelight dim in the tent, the arrogant, ruthless man tore off his chaste disguise and pinned him to the bed, leaving him unable to move.

After one coincidence too many, Xiao Si grew suspicious. His gaze was icy, and the fingers pressed against Xie Shu's throat had turned white.

“Xie Guan Miao, you think you can use me and then walk away? Since when has the world worked like that?”

Cold sweat ran down Xie Shu's temples. He struggled to escape Xiao Si's damp, suffocating embrace, then grabbed him by the throat instead, his voice languid and sultry.

“General, do you know that the lives of every official in this court, yourself included, are in my hands?”

*

“Guan Miao, one day you'll leave this place. You won't have to repay anyone's kindness or submit to so-called fate. No prison or shackles in all the world will be able to hold you, and you'll find your own way through the thorny path you've been walking.”

This is a one-on-one pairing. Xiao and Xie are endgame; no switching the pairing. Please don't start ship wars.

Theme: Through its portrayal of life in ancient feudal society, this novel celebrates the precious virtue of treating others with sincerity.