Quick Transmigration: What to Do When the Male Supporting Character You Saved Becomes Obsessed with

Despite being a marquis, the Lu family had not produced any prominent figures in the imperial court over several generations, and few of its members held positions of real power as officials.

Such a family should have declined, but the Lu family did not. The Lu family relied on their daughters to gain a foothold in the capital.

Strangely enough, the daughters of the Lu family all had extremely good fortune. They were born into noble families, had beautiful appearances, and their marriages seemed to be preordained by heaven.

The Lu family, relying on the connections between in-laws, had a smooth journey ahead.

The most honored person now is Lu's youngest aunt, who entered the palace to become the late emperor's concubine.

Because she has no offspring, she is not feared by the current emperor. When the current emperor was a prince, he received her help, and now he lives a carefree life.

But Lu Liruan knew that this good fortune was coming to an end with her.

Her current status is that of the future Crown Princess. Although she has not been betrothed, this is the promise made by the late Empress Dowager, and she is just waiting for the Emperor to issue an edict.

Originally, the Lu family could have risen to a higher level through this marriage.

Unexpectedly, Crown Prince Ji Shumin fell from his horse and broke his leg while hunting in winter. The imperial physician said that he would be unable to walk for the rest of his life.

Although opinions varied in the court, with some saying it was due to an unexpected horse startling someone, others feeling it was the result of a conspiracy.

However, throughout history, there has never been a precedent of a disabled person becoming an emperor, and some even say that His Highness the Crown Prince will never have any children.

Thus, Ji Shumin was undoubtedly ineligible for the throne.

The Lu family has never been involved in court affairs, let alone the succession of the throne. As long as they live in peace and wealth, they will be worry-free for generations to come.

Seeing this, he naturally did not want his carefully nurtured eldest daughter to marry such a disgraced crown prince whose fate was uncertain.

It is not appropriate to force a perfectly good girl to marry one's childless son, so he secretly sent someone to inquire, and the marriage was thus called off.

The decline of the Lu family began here, but it was not due to His Highness the Crown Prince's revenge.

His Highness the Crown Prince has someone else in his heart.

This is Zhuang Yuxun, the female protagonist of this world.

The daughter of General Zhuang Zhao of Changlong, she came from a military family and grew up with her father on the frontier. She was skilled on horseback and could kill enemies. Her red armor was as fierce as the wind, and she was the most proud and dashing.

When he met Ji Shumin in his childhood, he made the young prince's martial arts skills look terrible.

He returned to the capital after Ji Shumin became disabled.

To avoid being asked by her mother to watch over her and to find a young nobleman, she entered the palace through a dog hole and into Ji Shumin's secluded and quiet courtyard.

The fate of the down-on-his-luck prince and the general's daughter never began; the only one who remained in his heart was Ji Shumin.

Zhuang Yuxun, on the other hand, is in love with He Pingyan, the son of He Diaoyu, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review. He is a young martial arts champion who serves under General Changlong and makes great contributions like a bamboo shoot. He and the general's daughter are also in love.

After Ji Shumin was crippled, he became eccentric and sinister. According to those who served him, no one dared to breathe loudly in his residence.

Over time, the court stopped paying attention to this prince.

But to everyone's surprise, the one who ultimately succeeded to the throne was none other than the former crown prince.

Emperor Yongfeng fell ill and, before his death, became a believer in the arts of seeking immortality. Under the influence of scheming individuals, he grew increasingly disgusted and resentful of his own princes, regarding them as enemies. He favored his concubines and became obsessed with elixirs.

The princes below were locked in fierce infighting, the court was falling apart due to factional struggles, and foreign invasions were resurfacing on the borders, leaving the country beset by internal and external troubles and on the verge of collapse.

Ultimately, Ji Shumin became the new emperor in the struggle. He became friends with He Pingyan, who helped him in the struggle for the throne.

However, this new emperor was ruthless and unpredictable, often causing the court and the public to fall silent and tremble like leaves in the wind, and he was ruthless and merciless in his actions.

After ascending the throne, he quickly implemented a major political reform that caught everyone off guard, weakening the power of nobles and reorganizing the official system... Those who were tormented complained bitterly but dared not speak out, and the court was shrouded in darkness.

Whether the new emperor will have any offspring is still unknown, but his actions are astonishing. He actually forcibly summoned Zhuang Yuxun, the daughter of General Changlong and He Pingyan's betrothed, to the palace as a concubine.

The new emperor and the military officials were at odds, and He Pingyan caused a scene in the court and was exiled to the border to guard the frontier, causing widespread panic.

It wasn't until six months later that everyone realized this was a scheme by the new emperor to lure out the forces that were still coveting the throne and eliminate them in one fell swoop.

The new emperor released Zhuang Yuxun from the palace, personally bestowed a marriage upon her, and allowed the couple to leave the capital together. However, this also foreshadowed the new emperor's death.

Perhaps due to his damaged health in the past, or perhaps due to the exhaustion during the struggle, the new emperor was physically weak and bedridden for a long time.

The forces they thought they had eliminated turned out to be backed by someone even more powerful. Taking advantage of the fact that He Zhuang and his wife were unable to return in time, they forced the emperor to abdicate and seized the throne, burning the new emperor, who was already too ill to get out of bed, along with his palace, to ashes.

He and Zhuang led their troops back, holding an empty imperial edict representing the emperor's supreme trust. They executed the person who had forced the emperor to abdicate and established himself as emperor, and together with the court officials, established a new emperor.

In Ji Shumin's short life, apart from his imperial ambitions, his only soft spot was Zhuang Yuxun, but in the end he chose to let her be happy and go far away as he pleased.

He was also a shrewd and accomplished emperor. The various reforms he implemented during his reign, which were continued by the new emperor, led to another generation of prosperity for the dynasty.

Unfortunately, the new emperor became incompetent in his later years, and his descendants were also incapable, plunging the dynasty into poverty and war, and causing the people to suffer in chaos for decades.

The Lu family, having ultimately chosen the wrong side, was silently swallowed up by the torrent, becoming nothing more than cannon fodder.

After reading through all the memories, Lu Liruan felt a surge of emotion. The world was so vast and turbulent that even petty love and romance seemed insignificant. The imperial strategies and the great achievements were so awe-inspiring.

Lu Liruan thought to herself: Is this world a guide to raising an emperor?

Later historical records state that Ji Shumin was physically weak after ascending the throne. In addition to the arduous struggles he had endured, he was also unable to be with the woman he loved, which damaged his mental state.

My task... is it to provide him with care and assistance on his path to becoming an emperor, and to keep him away from romantic entanglements so he can focus on his career?

Lu Liruan had just turned over when a clear voice came from outside: "Miss, it's time to get up. The kitchen has already heated up the breakfast three times!"

Lu Liruan got up and lifted the curtain, and was stunned by the scene before her.

The girl's boudoir is quaint and elegant, with exquisite details everywhere, and the floor is covered with colorful, plush carpets.

The maids, with their hair tied in double buns and wearing smoky pink jackets and royal blue skirts, all wore thin-soled embroidered shoes.

On the other side, behind the desk, a display shelf was filled with all sorts of trinkets. On the straight shelf, with silver trim at both ends, hung a gilded birdcage, inside which stood a colorful bird.

Hearing the sound, the little bird turned its head and saw Lu Liruan. Its pale yellow beak opened and closed, and it actually uttered a sound: "Miss is getting ready! Miss is getting ready!"

"Miss just woke up, shut your bird beak!" the maidservant who was feeding it scolded.

"Zhu'er, you're quite a handful!" Yuan'er, the maidservant who was helping Lu Liruan get dressed, pretended to scold her.

Although she is the eldest daughter of the Lu family, Lu Liruan has a gentle personality and is usually polite to others. The maids in her room are all very lively.

"What time is it?" Lu Liruan used the flower petal water in the porcelain basin to wash her face.

"It's already past 9 AM, the master has returned from court," Zhu'er replied.

"Miss, would you like to do your hair first or have your meal first?" Yu'er asked as she helped Lu Liruan tie up her long, black hair.

"Oh, right, just as Master returned, someone from the Imperial Concubine came to the palace. I wonder what they're here for," Yuan'er suddenly remembered.

Lu Liruan's mind went blank for a moment. Oh, so this is the time!

The matter was communicated through the Dowager Consort, and then the Lu family patriarch took the opportunity to annul the engagement.

Lu Liruan suddenly stood up: If we don't go now, we can just declare the mission a failure!

"Hey! Miss, Miss, where are you going?"

"Miss—you haven't done your makeup yet!"