Xie Chengze transmigrated into a novel about a powerful minister, becoming the villainous Second Prince who slaughtered his own brothers, disregarded human life, and was ultimately run through the heart with a sword by the powerful minister, Shen Yuan.
To avoid this deadly fate, Xie Chengze decides to keep a low profile, stay far away from the fight for the throne, and feign ignorance in all court matters, only knowing how to reply, “I don’t know, ask the Crown Prince!” “I don’t know, ask Shen Yuan!” “I don’t know, ask the First Prince!”
Who would have thought that the way Shen Yuan and the other princes looked at him would grow increasingly dangerous—dangerous in every sense of the word.
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Shen Yuan ran Xie Chengze through with his sword and killed him. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to ten years prior.
In his past life, the Second Prince was corrupt, lawless, and a scourge upon the nation, throwing the imperial court into chaos for nearly a decade. Shen Yuan decides that in this life, he will eradicate the prince’s influence as early as possible and restore peace and order to the world.
Yet, he watches as that once-vicious man now holds the common people in his heart, single-handedly carves out a Land of Abundance, and brings about an age of peace and prosperity.
He is endlessly gentle, but only in front of Shen Yuan does he refuse to bow and scrape.