How to Escape from the Male Lead

Xia Yu transmigrated into a male-oriented novel, becoming Xia Xianyu, the vain former fiancée of the male lead.

She had read the book. Xia Xianyu, the male lead's former fiancée, met a horrifying end.

In the story, before the male lead rose to prominence, Xia Xianyu humiliated him and broke off their engagement.

Later, she went to the capital to seek refuge with her aunt. At her aunt's urging, she married the emperor's uncle as his second wife.

After their engagement ended, the male lead first passed the imperial examinations, then chose the winning side and earned credit for helping the new emperor take the throne. He rose to become a powerful minister.

With the change of emperors came a change of court. Afraid his whole family would be reduced to prisoners, the emperor's uncle had Xia Xianyu bound and delivered to the male lead.

To save her life, Xia Xianyu fawned over the male lead in every way, even begging him to take her as a concubine.

At that moment, the princess who loved the male lead arrived and had Xia Xianyu mutilated, leaving her alive in a vat for the princess to look at.

The male lead kept Xia Xianyu alive with help from the imperial physicians. Whenever he achieved something politically, he'd visit the vat to brag, then recount what had happened between them back then.

When Xia Yu transmigrated into the story, the male lead had already become a powerful minister. The emperor's uncle and his family bound her and delivered her to the male lead's residence.

Xia Yu decided to save herself...

(Blurb revised 2026.6.8)

Theme: Self-reliance