What Should I Do After Mistaking the Male Lead After I Transmigrated into a Book?

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Ye Mian wakes up one morning and discovers he has transmigrated into a book.

Yay! No more miserable jobs, miserable treatment, or miserable pay!

But why did he have to end up in this particular book? He barely read it... He knows next to nothing about the plot...

Ye Mian is fretting over what to do when someone suddenly announces, "Your Majesty, it's time for your medicine."

Ye Mian immediately stops worrying. So what if he doesn't know the plot? He's the emperor. He can do whatever he wants!

Wait, wasn't the emperor in the original story a villain...?

So what if he's a villain? He's the emperor. The realm is his to rule!

He'll find the male lead, cling to his coattails, and climb to the top! The male lead is... some Prince Zhao, the younger brother of that villainous emperor?

Having thought of a solution, Ye Mian is in high spirits and decides to take a walk. The moment he steps outside the palace, he sees the deep walls surrounding him.

Ye Mian can't help but sigh: The palace walls are deep. Emperors have always been fickle in love...

Attendant: But, Your Majesty, there is only one person in your harem.

Ye Mian: I'm a devoted and faithful emperor, the model of a good man! A good man like me is bound to make a great impression on the male lead.

The attendant replies nervously: That's because you... well... have a certain ailment, and there is only one man, the Empress, in your harem...

Ye Mian: ...???

This is bad. Not only is he a villain, he's also gay. What a disastrous start!

Mu Feng is the adopted son of the current prime minister, a heaven-blessed genius and a paragon among men.

He had planned to take the imperial exams and enter government service, where he could investigate an old case and clear his father's name. But the tyrant Ye Mian took a liking to him and forcibly brought him into the palace to become his Empress.

He has long heard that the current emperor is moody and ill-tempered. Now that he has entered the harem and must stay by his side, won't his future be ruined, with no way to investigate the case?

After entering the palace, however, Mu Feng happens to discover that the tyrant doesn't seem as incompetent as the rumors claim.

Not only is he not cruel and tyrannical, but he is also diligent and caring toward the people, treats the imperial clan well, and seems especially fond of Prince Zhao...

Could the emperor be a wise ruler disguised as a tyrant? Maybe there's still hope of investigating the case!

To survive here, Ye Mian works hard every day and often seeks chances to show the male lead his goodwill. Now he's surely covered every angle.

But wait... Why is his Empress also impossibly handsome, noble, learned, and so gentle and proper?

Why does he seem more like the male lead than the male lead himself?

Oh no, did he get the wrong person?

Upright gentleman with a hidden dark side, top × cheerful, optimistic, gentle bottom

Theme: Love conquers all hardships