Lei Xuan did not think he deserved this. He had enormous confidence in his script.
"The Eldest Princess trained him as a spy, then sent him into the palace's ceremonial music troupe to gather intelligence for her."
Yan Xianjue: "...Is everyone career-driven?"
"With this setup, is there not a single romance plot?"
Lei Xuan stared at him in disbelief. "Yan Xianjue, how could you be so shallow!"
"That's the throne! Once you sit on the throne, what handsome men and beautiful women in the world can't you have? Why insist on falling in love while fighting for the succession? Is your brain fried?"
Yan Xianjue was not entirely convinced. "Really?"
But the drama his eldest sister had been watching in the living room when he passed by yesterday seemed exactly like what Lei Xuan had described.
Something about the crown prince eloping with his mistress.
And how was this Eldest Princess training a spy? Wasn't she the protagonist's cheat code?
She was purely a convenient tool brought in right when he needed one.
He was a little curious about the ending now. "And then?"
Lei Xuan rubbed his chin. "In the end, the young general learned that the dog emperor had killed his father, so he raised an army in rebellion."
Yan Xianjue said, "This young general is somewhat loyal, but not very. What do you think?"
Lei Xuan said, "I think it's fine. If he didn't rebel, was he supposed to stupidly wait around to become the dog emperor's living target?"
"He might survive this emperor, but he wouldn't survive the next one. He might as well become emperor himself."
Yan Xianjue gave him a thumbs-up.
He suddenly remembered Lei Xuan once joking that he should play the male lead.
With such a complicated role, Lei Xuan had to