The Villainous Minister Refuses to Repent

Gu Huaiyu was the most treacherous official of the Great Chen Dynasty. He held absolute power, eclipsing even the sun itself.

To him, the Son of Heaven above was a mere plaything, and the civil and military officials below were nothing more than lowly slaves. Mentioning his name was enough to make anyone spit in disgust.

And yet, this great villain possessed a complexion as bright and pale as snow. Frail and sickly, he looked like a Jade Guanyin stained with blood.

One day, Gu Huaiyu awakened.

He realized he was actually the ultimate villain in a male-oriented novel!

In the near future, he would face the systematic extermination of his entire lineage. According to the usual script, Gu Huaiyu should have repented, turned over a new leaf, and sought redemption—

Hah.

Submit to others?

Since this world had allowed him to taste the power of life and death, why should he ever hand it over?

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The first time Pei Jingyi saw Gu Huaiyu, he thought the Lord Chancellor was excessively beautiful.

He was so pale he was dazzling. That waist, those legs—every step he took made Pei’s heart itch with desire.

He thought the man was a sickly weakling, but he turned out to be a snake with a hidden blade behind every smile.

Gu Huaiyu slapped him, whipped him, forced him to kneel in the snow, and dragged him behind a horse like a toy. Gu Huaiyu didn’t treat him like a human; he treated him like a dog.

Pei Jingyi should have hated him.

But on the day he finally provoked Gu Huaiyu, he was pressed down to kneel in the snow before everyone.

The Chancellor looked down at him from his high perch, slowly lifting a bare foot to press it against Pei’s face.

The sole of that foot was as cold as a piece of jade soaked in a freezing spring, yet the tips of the toes carried a trace of living, soft warmth.

“This Chancellor’s feet are cold.” The Lord Chancellor’s voice was gentle, but his eyes looked at Pei as if he were a stray dog. “The General is full of vigor; lend me some of your warmth.”

Pei Jingyi suddenly grinned. He finally understood. This wasn’t humiliation—it was a singular honor!