CH 69

The old Emperor passed away but Fu Yichen, as the Emperor’s most trusted Guo-shi, remained calm. Even the pace of his movements didn’t change at all. As everyone knew of him, he was unaffected by such matters.

So when Fu Yichen finally arrived at the Emperor’s palace unhurriedly, there were already civil and military officers kneeling in waiting. It was unknown if they were crying for real or if they were faking it. Anyways, before he arrived, he could already hear their wails from a distance.

Without squinting, Fu Yichen walked directly through the crowd. As a result, he met with a group of yingying yanyan1 that were kneeling down inside. More than a dozen concubines with clothing of various colours cried like raindrops on pear blossoms. There were also some princesses and little princes kneeling on the side. In the inner side of the room, there were several men of different ages kneeling. Judging from their attire and the pained looks on their faces, they seem to be princes of status2.

Sparing a few glances at them, he turned his sight towards the dragon bed. As soon as he did that, he saw a tall figure kneeling in front of the dragon bed. He was dressed in bright yellow with long straight black hair which made him very conspicuous. Although it was just a back view, Fu Yichen could see Su Zhan’s shadow from that figure at a glance.

The hanging feeling in his heart was finally let go in an instant. When the man turned his head in response to see who entered, Fu Yichen was finally relieved. After all, his previous certainties were actually just speculations that he had made.

But what Fu Yichen didn’t expect was Su Zhan’s reaction after seeing him.

It wasn’t the strange gaze of someone that was without memories, yet it also wasn’t the surprise or joy that one should have with memories. Fu Yichen saw the shock and hesitation that flashed in Su Zhan’s eyes the moment he turned his head, but it was fleeting. He then went back into character in the blink of an eye, as if he was just his highness the crown prince, Baili Wuji.

Fu Yichen’s heart skipped a beat for no reason and many questions popped up in his mind in an instant. But he could only hold back his doubts at the moment. Before he understood the situation, he could only follow the plot. He really didn’t know what would happen if things went wrong.

“Guo-shi, you’re here.”

Fu Yichen saw Su Zhan stand up slowly with a painful expression on his face, his eyes were on the emperor with a look of extreme grief on his face.

Fu Yichen glanced at the other princes who were kneeling on the ground and wiping their tears. He suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart as he cupped his hands towards Su Zhan, “Your highness the crown prince.” During this, he secretly observed Su Zhan’s expressions and movements. But he found that the latter’s eyes were completely filled with the pain and fatigue that Baili Wuji should have at the moment. There were no other responses from what he could see.

Fu Yichen felt as if there was a f*cking dog in his heart. It was likely that Su Zhan had no memory once more. Although it was the same as before, but this time Fu Yichen unexpectedly went back to the real world for a few minutes, so it was inevitable that he had some expectations for him. He didn’t think that he had just thought too much about it.

Looking at the old emperor lying in bed, he appeared to be dead judging from his stiff face and cold and hard skin. The reason why he was summoned, as a Guo-shi with extraordinary status, was definitely not just to let him see the old emperor for the last time.

“Announce it.” Fu Yichen turned to Su Zhan and said. He was calm enough. But of course, the main reason was because he was helpless. He could still act like this without changing his face because he was facing the person that falls in love with him over and over again, “His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will hold his enthronement ceremony tomorrow.”

This was the original line of the Second Male. Then it was time to announce the death of the Emperor. The new Emperor shall receive the kneeling of the civil and military officials. Then there will be statewide mourning. Leaving aside the fact that the old emperor had just died and the new emperor must ascend the throne, shouldn’t the funeral of an emperor normally be grand? The enthronement ceremony would definitely be an impressive one that’s for sure.

Such dead logic as always.

However, as a Guo-shi, Fu Yichen’s task for tonight should almost be complete. Fu Yichen didn’t bother to continue to watch their performance anymore. So he just bid his farewell and walked out of the emperor’s bedroom. He had to admit that Su Zhan’s reaction to him brought him a bit of pain, but anyways everything could be discussed in the long run and for now he was just tired.

What Fu Yichen didn’t know at this moment was the fact that Su Zhan kept looking at his back as he left. A strange light flashed inexplicably in his originally sad eyes. Not only filled with probing but also with slight puzzlement.

In fact, at this moment, Su Zhan’s mind was completely chaotic. Not only that, but he was also confused. From the moment he saw Fu Yichen, he was completely stunned. Because he had seen this person before. Countless times in his dreams. Even as different characters in different environments. But all different versions of him looked at him with the same eyes. The most terrible thing was, he seemed to have a sexual dream and the other protagonist of the dream was this person.

So, Su Zhan was stunned once more.

It had only been a few hours for Su Zhan since he came to this strange world. But in these short few hours, he had experienced absolutely unimaginable things causing him to stay in a bewildered state, as if he was dreaming.

He was supposed to be in his hotel room, but he seemed to have dreamt a lot of unconstrained dreams in a daze. In his dreams, he had different identities and different backgrounds. Anyways, the ancient times and modern times were very chaotic. But the only thing that he could remember clearly was that there was a man who had the same face in his dream. He was very handsome and tall. No matter if it was ancient or modern times, the man was handsome and aggressive. This was completely his style. The key was, they seemed to have a lot of intimate contact in the dream. Su Zhan was unconsciously addicted to it and didn’t want to wake up from it.

As a result, the moment he opened his eyes, he was here. At first he thought that he was still dreaming. But everything was too clear and too real for him to be dreaming. He then saw the antique-filled room, the bed curtains and then his own clothing, which made him feel as if he was in a play. But there was no director, nor were there any cameras in the room.

Then when he was still completely in a daze, a voice suddenly appeared in his mind, making him panic.

[Hello host, welcome to the Mary Sue world. This here is the Second Male’s Perfect Match System.]

[Our goal is to: Get rid of the Mary Sue and overthrow the Second Male!]

[Our slogan is: Get rid! Get rid; Overthrow, overthrow!]

Su Zhan was completely dumbfounded. He didn’t know what the hell it was, let alone what the voice was talking about.

In the next hour or so, Su Zhan went from feeling at a loss and flustered to having roughly sorted out the whole story. Then he felt bewildered once more. After more than an hour, Su Zhan finally figured out about his current situation.

He seemed to have transmigrated to a Mary Sue world. To be precise, to a Mary Sue romance novel called ‘The Heaven Defying Nine-Year-Old Empress Dowager’. His current identity was the Male Lead of this Mary Sue romance novel, Baili Wuji.

The voice that was talking in his mind claimed to be a system called The Second Male’s Perfect Match system. It was probably the culprit that brought him to this ghostly place. But now all he could do was depend on it.

Because the system told him that they were now in the world constructed by the Mary Sue novel ‘The Heaven Defying Nine-Year-Old Empress Dowager’ and that the plot had just begun, their purpose was to reverse the plot.

The purpose of Su Zhan’s existence in this Mary Sue world could be summed up in one sentence. His purpose was to be the perfect match of the Second Male. To get rid of the Female Lead and overthrow3 the Second Male.

Only with this can he leave the novel. Otherwise, he would be punished. As for the punishment, Su Zhan didn’t know anything about it. Or in other words, his mind was still messed up. The more he tried to understand, the more chaotic his mind became.

But one thing was clear, overthrow the Second Male? In other words, he had to raid the Second Male. Su Zhan was stunned. Could it be that he was involved in this because he was gay? But how was he going to overthrow as someone who was born a pure zero4?

[The plot is being scanned. Please receive the information, host.] 

The voice of the system sounded rigid, like a robot with a fixed program. But it could communicate with him in a simple way in his mind.

[Receive.] 

He said this, although he was still in a trance-like state.

There were only the first thirty chapters. But Su Zhan, an actor who had taken over countless Mary Sue dramas, was so excited that his eyes looked straight and it seemed as if his head was about to smoke. Su Zhan felt that the mysterious setting of the Second Male was much more interesting than the Male Lead who was about to be enthroned as an Emperor.

Something like overthrowing, Su Zhan felt as if this was some kind of compensation from God for his 27 years of single life and his future indefinite single life. After all, in the real world, he might never have the chance to have anything to do with a man. Not to mention any unusual contact with a man, anything more than that was just a dream.

Having said that, ‘Must I really overthrow him?’

It had to be said. The Film Emperor Su, who was acting dumb and digging for information, stumped the system. After a short pause of a few seconds, the system finally replied with a mechanical voice, [The system is unable to understand the host’s questions and is unable to answer it.]

Su Zhan covered his face. It took another half an hour for him to finally digest the plot sent to him by the system. He even studied the nature of the Male Lead’s role, character and all that. Well it was mainly because of his occupational habits. After that, he was called to the bedside of the old emperor.

Then he watched as the old emperor returned to the heavens. Not filming, but a real death. It was then that he really felt that everything was real. Whether it was a novel or not, it wasn’t until this time that Su Zhan finally regained his sanity. He then summoned the Second Male, Dongfang Ningzhi, according to the plot.

He was strangely looking forward to it, but those messy dreams kept flashing in his mind. Especially the tall man in his dreams. It wasn’t until he heard the eunuch’s announcement from outside the door that he regained his senses.

In the end, Su Zhan never expected that the face of the Second Male was exactly the same as that of the man in his dreams. It completely overlapped. In an instant, Su Zhan’s mind couldn’t help but fill with several possibilities.

For example, the past and present lives, lovers for several lifetimes, a reunion through thousands of years, etc. Su Zhan even thought that his transmigration might be for this man.

So, the initial passive acceptance that was originally a ‘have to’ matter, became that of acceptance with some expectations.

On the other side, Fu Yichen, who had returned to the Guo-shi’s residence, laid down comfortably on the Guo-shi’s big bed, planning to try and test out Su Zhan again in the dead of the night.

Thinking to himself, if one day they meet each other again in the real world, he must find a way to get back at Su Zhan for forgetting him time and time again. It was really upsetting for him.

basically the emperor’s concubines

Xinghe said to footnote this and tell you guys that they’re given the title of wang and they have their own residences outside the palace

pin down/f*ck/get his love

he means he’s inexperienced. How was he going to raid the Second Male? How was he going to pin down the Second Male? He’s a bottom!!