Weren't We Supposed to Rebel?!!

Couple: prickly emperor bottom x gorgeous, scheming ghost chancellor top

Gu Anjin is the youngest emperor of the XX Dynasty. His father died early, leaving him to ascend the throne in haste. Just as he was preparing to make his mark and earn a reputation as an emperor for the ages...

A System suddenly appeared in his mind.

System: [I am the Lie Flat System. I have detected that He Zhaoxuan has designs on the Host, and has spent years plotting to commit treason.]

Gu Anjin: ?

He Zhaoxuan was the name of the current chancellor. He was carefree and elegant, a master of both letters and arms, with a serpent's heart behind his Buddha's smile. They had grown up together, and Gu Anjin never imagined that in private, He Zhaoxuan was plotting to rebel against him.

Gu Anjin composed himself and asked the System: [Do you have a plan?]

The Lie Flat System said nothing and simply issued one task after another:

[Task One: Deep-kiss He Zhaoxuan for ten minutes.]

[Task Two: Pretend to be drunk and deliberately dishevel your clothes in front of He Zhaoxuan.]

[Task N: Have intimate contact with He Zhaoxuan for three hours.]

[According to the System's calculations, as long as you win over He Zhaoxuan, this powerful backer, you can lie flat and reach the pinnacle of life.]

[Once issued, System tasks cannot be changed.]

Gu Anjin: ...Useless!

After thinking it over all night, Gu Anjin finally figured it out. He would use the System's tasks to endure humiliation and bide his time, infiltrating the chancellor's residence to investigate the man's treacherous ambitions.

As for anything else, he wasn't worried...

He Zhaoxuan was already old enough to marry, yet his residence had been empty for years. He had neither a wife nor concubines, not even a bedchamber attendant.

Gu Anjin figured it was because he was impotent.

Surely, even if Gu Anjin stood beside him naked and climbed into his bed, He Zhaoxuan would never be moved.

*

Later...

After successfully infiltrating the chancellor's residence, Gu Anjin saw a room filled with his portraits, the calligraphy and paintings he had made, and even the cups he had casually smashed, all carefully preserved. Without a second thought, he tried to run.

He turned around and saw He Zhaoxuan standing at the door, gazing down at him.

Gu Anjin was utterly shocked. For once, he stammered: "Y-y-you weren't after my throne?"

"Who said that?" A vivid red cinnabar mark sat between He Zhaoxuan's brows. His smile looked all the more sinister and eerie in the darkness. "For years, I have plotted and schemed for one reason only: to climb into the imperial bed."

"I don't want the throne. I want you."

Gu Anjin: !!! Let go of me!

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