Xie Nian transmigrates into a tyrant novel and becomes its hapless villain: the Grand Preceptor of the Great Liang Empire.
In the original story, he publicly accuses the Ninth Prince, Chu Qin, of being a "demon who will bring ruin to the country." But after just a few years of swaggering around, the future tyrant, who has been biding his time and turning dark, cuts him into 1,080 pieces and scatters even his ashes!
...And now, Xie Nian is standing on the altar after finishing that very line that seals his doom.
He looks up and meets the young tyrant's eyes, beautiful beyond belief and filled with ruthless fury.
Xie Nian's legs go weak, and he nearly drops to his knees. What kind of hell-difficulty starter zone is this?!
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He thinks things can't get any more hopeless, then suddenly unlocks the ability to foresee his own death:
Poisoned today, strangled tomorrow, and the day after that, executed on the spot for courtly impropriety because he entered the hall with his left foot first!
Xie Nian: ?!!
You know I'm afraid of dying, so you specifically gave me a death livestream, is that it?
Fine! He's changing this lousy script!
To survive the first episode, he works overtime all day to raise Chu Qin's favorability:
"Your Highness, the nights are cold and damp. Please dress warmly."
"The Ziwei star shone so brightly last night. I made a little calculation, and your bearing is less like a demon and more like that of an emperor for the ages!"
At night, he hides under the covers and writes survival notes:
The Ninth Prince glared at me three times today and mocked me five times, but didn't kill me. Progress!
After more than half a year of struggling through, the death warnings finally stop appearing!
Overflowing with gratitude, Xie Nian packs his bags that very night, ready to retire from public life.
But when he opens the door, Chu Qin is leaning against the frame. Moonlight makes his features look like a painting, but his smile is cold and indifferent. "You keep saying I'm the star of emperors..."
He suddenly moves closer, his fingertips brushing Xie Nian's lapel.
"Why not calculate whether you'll manage to escape me tonight?"
*A timid Grand Preceptor bottom with a desperate will to survive x a black-hearted prince top who has finally run out of patience
*The top is reborn
Theme: As long as there is life, there is hope.
