The Crown Prince Reigns Supreme

New Novel Coming Soon: Reborn as My Own Treacherous Minion [Narcissistic Romance]

In the twenty-third year of Yong'an, Deng Yi of the Embroidered Uniform Guard earned great merit in Jiangnan and was transferred to Beijing.

But there was one thing that gave him a headache:

On his very first day on the job, someone became so lovestruck that he flirted with Deng Yi in the street, even saying, "I believe I've seen this young man before."

If it had been anyone else, Deng Yi might have struck him right there.

But this man was no one else. He was the Crown Prince, second only to the emperor in all the land!

Deng Yi had no choice but to put the greater good first and endure the humiliation.

Until one day, he could take it no longer and finally reminded him, "Your Highness, please behave with dignity."

The Crown Prince, however, was as brazen as a creditor at the door. "Isn't this my 'lover from a past life,' the one who abandoned her husband and child as soon as she was reborn, then left me waiting for more than ten years? Why are you being so formal?"

Deng Yi was at a loss for words, so he kept quiet...

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Perhaps because he'd entered the city without stopping to pay his respects at the City God Temple, a strange murder took place in the capital soon after Deng Yi arrived.

Yao Yu, a student at the Imperial Academy who had placed first in two rounds of last year's spring examination before becoming embroiled in a cheating scandal and stripped of his honors, was found dead in a remote rented house in the outer city.

Having only just taken up his post, Deng Yi immediately threw himself into the case.

While investigating it, he plunged headlong into another case.

When that was solved, he plunged headlong into yet another...

The story unfolds through cases handled by the Embroidered Uniform Guard: The Imperial Academy Case, The Armed Maritime Smuggling Case, and The Jiangnan Mutiny Case.

Also known as: My Daily Life of Solving Cases in the Embroidered Uniform Guard and Flirting with My Lover from a Past Life

> Cool, adorable Embroidered Uniform Guard bottom x domineering Crown Prince top

> Older-younger pairing, big brother and little brother, both very traditional men

> Both inexperienced, each other's one and only, deeply in love. There's no obligation to make this a tragedy!

---- Reborn as My Own Treacherous Minion [Narcissistic Romance] ----

In his previous life, Xu Youning's birth drew the attention of all.

His father had campaigned south against Annam and north against the Huru, personally forging the prosperous Great Liang dynasty, with its vast territory and tributary states from every direction. Yet he had his son late in life, not until he reached the age of fifty.

His father once said, "My son Youning is the brightest jewel in the realm of this flourishing empire."

But who could have guessed that this "jewel" would ascend the throne at eight years old, only for his country to fall less than a decade later, with the Northern Di forcing him to his death inside the palace?

During the eleven days the enemy surrounded the city, Xu Youning looked back on his life.

If only he hadn't mistaken a traitor for his father.

If only he hadn't let a tiger return to the mountains.

If only he hadn't been so naive, so foolish!

If only...

If only...

He plunged a knife into himself and died at the age of seventeen.

When he opened his eyes again, he had become a member of the Xie clan: Xie Zhi.

In his previous life, the Xie clan had been steadfast loyalists. Sadly, Xu Youning had been a poor judge of character and only began to rely on them at the very end.

In this life, he was reborn as Xie Zhi, carrying an all-consuming hatred.

He looked at the little emperor on the throne, bright and innocent, beautiful and pure, spoiled from childhood and utterly ignorant of the world, with no idea what the future held for him.

Didn't he like mistaking a traitor for his father?

Fine. This time, Xie Zhi would be that traitor!

Xie Zhi maneuvered through court politics, committed every kind of evil, and became the powerful minister second only to the emperor, setting everything back on the right path.

In his eyes, the Xu Youning of this life was no more than a puppet.

He could keep him or kill him as he pleased!

As he was privately steeling his resolve, the little emperor beside him looked at him with tearful eyes and said in disbelief, "Minister Xie, what's wrong? The look in your eyes just now felt so unfamiliar...!"

At the sight of the little emperor's hurt expression, Xie Zhi's heart broke.

He knelt on one knee, lifted the little emperor's small foot, and personally put a boot on it. "It's nothing. Perhaps my mind was playing tricks on me."

The little emperor asked, "Are you better now?"

Xie Zhi said, "Much better, Your Majesty."

A domineering, old-fashioned minister top with a tragic romance script x a beautiful, innocent little emperor bottom with a sweet pampering romance script

Xie Zhi: Aha, I'm truly a villain for the ages!

Xu Youning: Nonsense! Minister Xie is a good person!

Notes:

> The top alone wallows in tragic romance. He won't do even the tiniest thing to hurt the little emperor.

> The little emperor may be innocent, but he has an animal's keen instincts and intuition. He won't do anything stupid.

Theme: The nation and all under heaven