The Top Scholar and I Were Both Hung from the City Tower

Fu Yuzhao is a dandy young nobleman from the capital. One day, while visiting her aunt in the palace, she is caught in a coup.

She and Pei Zhaolin, the newly named top scholar, are dragged to the Imperial Study.

The chief eunuch says to Pei Zhaolin, "Since you refuse to submit to the Second Prince, then submit to this good-for-nothing instead."

He smiles sinisterly. "I'll see to it that you live and die together, share a grave, and make it into the history books for all eternity."

An hour later, Fu Yuzhao and Pei Zhaolin are hung from the city tower for all to see.

Just before Fu Yuzhao dies, she suddenly awakens to the truth: she is living inside a book.

According to the plot, her aunt has already been slaughtered, and the entire Fu family will soon be executed. The one who ascends the throne is the Second Prince, who prefers men.

And after Fu Yuzhao dies, everyone will finally discover that she is a woman...

Fu Yuzhao closes her eyes and waits to die, but the next moment, she finds herself and Pei Zhaolin back in the Imperial Study.

She is astonished. When she looks at Pei Zhaolin, she sees that something is wrong with him too.

A time loop! They have both gone back in time.

Now that they know how things end, they have to save themselves.

An hour later, their escape attempt fails, and they are hung from the city tower once again.

On their next loop, Fu Yuzhao and Pei Zhaolin join forces to save themselves.

Once again, they fail.

An hour later, the two of them are hung from the city tower for the third time.

Fu Yuzhao and Pei Zhaolin are hung on the city tower for all to see nine times in total.

After the ninth time, they finally manage to save themselves.

Pei Zhaolin had always loathed the dandy Fu. But after a coup and nine time loops, he and Fu had become friends who would trust each other with their lives.

Recently, the dandy Fu had been inviting him to drink more and more often, and after drinking, always made advances that left him...

He, too, gradually realized that something was wrong with him. Not only did he not hate Fu's touch, he even wanted...

He began to suspect that perhaps he was attracted to men as well...

That night, the dandy Fu got drunk and stubbornly stayed in his bed. They slept side by side.

When morning came, he caught a faint scent of orchids. He opened his eyes and saw Fu curled up in his arms...

And right then, he...

(Description uploaded and screenshotted on April 9, 2025.)

Theme: Self-reliance