"So you're saying that even as the top leader, I still have to do the grunt work myself?" Fang Zhiyi clicked his tongue, his face etched with utter despair.
Little Hei stayed close by his side: "Count your blessings. Haven't you noticed I've been kicked out too?" It paused, then added, "And what kind of top leader are you anyway? The real power right now is in Yue Anyao's hands."
The two exchanged a glance and let out a synchronized sigh.
"It's all your fault—that ridiculous idea you came up with back then! And now we've ended up stuck with this mess for no good reason."
"Bah! Without that approach, would you ever have beaten that 'father' of yours?"
"Whose father? I'm just something derived from that thing!"
"You—"
Suddenly, a timid voice interrupted them.
"Um, you two leaders, are you done arguing?"
Fang Zhiyi turned around and saw a mini version of Little Hei, nervously hopping in place.
"Uh, Boss Yue said that this world needs to be resolved perfectly. If you're done arguing, maybe you could get down to business..."
Fang Zhiyi and Little Hei exchanged another glance.
"What's going on?"
"Well… how about you check out the storyline first?" Mini Little Black opened its mouth, and a tentacle pulled out a faint, glowing orb from its throat.
"See? The little pieces you split off from yourself are just as disrespectful as you are."
"Hey, I used to throw things straight into your head back then!"
Even as they bickered, Fang Zhiyi still reached out toward the glowing orb.
But the moment he saw the storyline, Fang Zhiyi felt as if his very soul had taken a heavy blow.
It was a sweet romantic love story—so sweet it was practically brain-dead.
The story began with a girl named He Yinqing.
The heroine, He Yinqing, was the adopted daughter of a household. By a twist of fate, she once saved a handsome young man, and after being rescued, he swore to repay her kindness. He Yinqing merely smiled and sent the young man on his way. But not long after, something happened to her—she fell into water and was rescued, and afterwards, she seemed to become a different person, constantly doing strange things.
Because she kept causing trouble, her adoptive parents discussed marrying her off. In those times, being able to settle down and live a comfortable life was considered decent enough, so they deliberately found a well-off family for her.
But He Yinqing refused to marry and caused a huge scene over it. That was when a squad of soldiers arrived and forcibly dispersed the crowd.
The young man leading them was none other than the boy she had saved back then. It was only then that He Yinqing learned he was Wei An, the youngest son of the Marquis of Ding'an's household. Wei An was handsome, and at first glance, He Yinqing thought he was devastatingly gorgeous.
To vent her anger, Wei An ordered his men to whip her adoptive parents for forcing her into marriage, confiscated the property of the family that had sought to marry her, and finally brought her back to the capital.
And so, He Yinqing's story began. Though she was prone to causing trouble, she was remarkably lucky—every time she stirred up trouble, someone always cleaned up after her. One day it was the Marquis of Ding'an's household, the next it was Prince Min.
He Yinqing continued her antics. She was determined to make money, so through Wei An's connections she acquired tools and raw materials, produced things like soap, and then opened a cosmetics shop. Logically, such a venture should have been a total loss in that era, but since everyone was afraid of the backing of the Marquis of Ding'an's household, her business managed to thrive.
Even the emperor, traveling in disguise, noticed her shop and paid a visit. He quickly grew familiar with the outspoken He Yinqing, and then all sorts of melodramatic plotlines unfolded.
The emperor, a prince, and the Marquis of Ding'an all fell in love with the same woman.
They even made a "gentlemen's agreement" behind He Yinqing's back.
But someone in the palace was not pleased—namely, the current imperial consort, Fang Yunlan.
Fang Yunlan was Fang Zhiyi's younger sister. Their father had earned the deep trust of the previous emperor, but he died of severe wounds while leading troops to put down a rebellion at the border. The previous emperor therefore appointed Fang Zhiyi to take his father's place and guard the frontier. It was also because of this that Fang Yunlan was taken into the palace as an imperial consort. Leaning on her brother's position, she carried a certain air of arrogance. When she learned that a common woman had dared to speak such rebellious words about "freedom of love" in public, she sent people to teach her a lesson.
But instead of He Yinqing getting punished, the people she sent were soundly beaten by Wei An.
From then on, He Yinqing's life went into full cheat mode. When she discovered that her good friend was actually the emperor, she was thrilled, and the princess also became her close confidante.
Only Fang Yunlan kept suffering misfortunes—whether it was her face being ruined by skin care products He Yinqing had secretly tampered with, or her attempts to threaten He Yinqing being overheard by the emperor at the worst possible moment, or being ganged up on by the princess and He Yinqing. Nothing went right for her.
So Fang Yunlan wrote a letter to her brother to inform him.
When Fang Zhiyi received the letter, he flew into a rage. He was straightforward by nature, ignorant of court politics, and doted on his sister. Relying on his military merits, he didn't hold back and directly admonished the emperor, urging him to prioritize matters of state and not be blinded by a bewitching woman. But the emperor was furious.
"He guards his border, so what's the meaning of writing a letter to me? Is he threatening me?"
Fang Zhiyi was simple-minded. Though he was devoted and diligent, he never knew how to curry favor with the emperor. Nominally a great general, he actually didn't command the loyalty of the border troops, especially given his Han identity. The emperor, encouraged by his courtiers, had long been planning to remove him from his post, but had never found a good excuse—he couldn't very well let people accuse him of suppressing a minister who served the late emperor.
When he poured out this worry to his confidante, He Yinqing, she came up with a clever idea.
"If it's hard to move against Fang Zhiyi, then strike at Fang Yunlan instead."
And so a conspiracy against the Fang family quietly unfolded. Provoked repeatedly by He Yinqing and the princess, Fang Yunlan lost her composure multiple times, even doing something extreme. This gave the emperor his opportunity. He threw Fang Yunlan into the cold palace but deliberately allowed her the chance to write to her brother for help.
Sure enough, Fang Zhiyi received his sister's letter and flew into a rage. He immediately rushed back with his personal guards, only to be surrounded by the capital garrison the moment he set foot in the capital city.
They accused him of abandoning his post and leading troops with malicious intent.
Fang Zhiyi was thrown into prison for no clear reason.
And his position was taken over by the Marquis of Ding'an, Wei An.
The Fang siblings' story was merely a side note. The main plot continued revolving around the heroine's romance.
In short, the emperor and the Marquis of Ding'an made bets to compete for the heroine, the prince turned into a shameless dog-like simp, and eventually, because the emperor had too many women around him and the heroine refused, she instead favored the better-looking Wei An. But then the princess also fell for Wei An, and another bout of melodrama ensued. Ultimately, the emperor's authority ruled supreme, and she grudgingly married him, though she never forgot Wei An deep in her heart. That eventually led to Wei An leading a rebellion with his troops.
In the end, Wei An traded his military power for the chance to retire with the heroine, and they lived happily ever after.
Having read all of that, Fang Zhiyi could no longer take it.
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
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ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
or! A blessing for those who struggle with love, a guidebook for dating novices. Quickly match with your dream goddess! Complete walkthroughs earn rewards, and perfect walkthroughs unlock limited achievements!】 Shen Yi, an ordinary office worker, accidentally downloads a mini-game called Dating Simulator. The mini-game is simple: randomly search for dating targets, simulate dates, and receive rewards upon successful confession. Rewards include but are not limited to money, attributes, and skills. The higher the evaluation, the better the rewards, with perfect ratings unlocking mysterious achievements. Shen Yi plans to use this mysterious mini-game to continuously pursue targets and improve himself, making his life better and better. ...... However, after several successful walkthroughs, Shen Yi suddenly notices something strange - the targets he previously simulated dating seem to be searching for him in real life?
