Chu Xinian was an online writer.
His pen was like a knife, his words were sharp and he did not like to make mistakes. However, although his writing was rigorous, it was too rigid and few people could read it.
Just half a month ago, he finished a historical novel about power conspiracies, he had spent five years completing “A Thousand Years of Feud”.
The content of this novel was no different from the usual one about power and conspiracy. It tells the story of how Chu Jiaoping, the eldest son of Marquis Quyang, supports his declining family in a tumultuous world, helps the Third Prince gain the throne, and wins the title of National Teacher.
Where there are protagonists, there are naturally villains.
Xie Jingyuan is the villain of “A Thousand Years of Feud.”
He was the most capable man under the orders of the Crown Prince, the eagle’s claw, and a lapdog. In the struggle for the throne, Xie Jingyuan helped the Crown Prince to eliminate the dissidents, his hands were full of human lives and his actions were vicious.
But in the battle for the throne, the protagonist Chu Jiaoping supported the Third Prince, while Xie Jingyuan supported the Crown Prince, so a confrontation between the two was inevitably a life-and-death battle in the Imperial Court.
According to the super-rule that the villain can never defeat the protagonist, the novel ends with the Crown Prince’s party failing in their rebellion, and Xie Jingyuan being captured alive in the middle of the battle and having his limbs and veins destroyed. The Emperor ordered him to be shackled and confined in prison from which he could not leave until he died.
A villain with a tragic end.
“You mean I died in a car accident and transmigrated into a novel I wrote, and only after saving Xie Jinyuan, the villain, can I be reborn back into the original world?”
Chu Xinian looked at the big shiny diamond in front of him, which claimed to be the “Villain Rescue System”, and his brain began to throb uncontrollably.
System floated up and down in the air for a moment, this action was equivalent to human nodding: [Yes]
Chu Xinian thought that walking at night makes you encounter ghosts, after all, transmigrations were beyond his knowledge, “Are you… sure I transmigrated to the novel I wrote?”
System kept nodding: [Yes]
Chu Xinian had an inexplicably ominous premonition in his heart, “So who am I now?”
System: [You are now Chu Jiaoping’s younger brother, Chu Xinian]
Chu Xinian frowned, “Chu Xinian, who is Chu Xinian?”
This character had never appeared in “A Thousand Years of Feud” before. What stupid author would write a character with the same name as himself?
Besides, the protagonist of this novel was only Chu Jiaoping, and he had no younger brothers. Where did “Chu Xinian” come from?
System coughed: [Originally there was no such character, but …]
Chu Xinian, “But what?”
System hinted to him: [Do you remember who you handed over the manuscript to when you finished writing your novel?]
Once the words were spoken, the air was suddenly plunged into a deathly silence.
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Chu Xinian slowly remembered. His publisher had once said that his book was too stiff and lacked enthusiasm, so he gave the manuscript to a bad friend to review it. But since he had been quite busy recently, he didn’t have time to see what the other party had changed.
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System said to him sympathetically: [Your novel has been modified, so the plot of this world will change accordingly.]
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Chu Xinian’s heart suddenly went cold, he clenched his teeth and fists silently, “What things have changed?”
System: [Sorry dear Host, there is no such arrangement in the code of the space station, and there is no such function at present~]
In other words, how much you remember of the original plot is your ability, if you don’t remember anything then you deserve bad luck.
Chu Xinian, “…”
The atmosphere in the manor was extremely solemn, the servants were coming and going in such a hurry that they dare not even breathe. A servant girl guided Imperial Physician Wang to the small courtyard, and while pushing the door she whispered, “Doctor Wang, please, our Second Young Master was taken hostage by some criminals and suffered some injuries, becoming unconscious. Please check with-”
Before she finished speaking, she saw that Chu Xinian was awake and was sitting on the bed, his cold gaze fixed on a certain place in the room, wondering. Even when he saw people coming in, he didn’t say anything.
Yun Que’s heart skipped a beat when she saw this, thinking that he had become foolish. Holding the hem of her skirt, she quickly stepped forward and asked in a worried tone, “Second Young Master, you have finally woken up, are you unwell?”
Although “A Thousand Years of Feud” was written by Chu Xinian, at this moment he could only play dumb since he did not know what his bad friend had changed from the novel.
Chu Xinian raised his eyes to look at her, “Who are you?”
Yun Que’s complexion changed slightly at the words, she was shocked and lost, thinking this is the end, “Second Young Master… don’t you remember Yun Que?”
Chu Xinian frowned slightly, “I seem to remember something, but not too much. My head hurts…”
The butt hurts too.
Seeing this, Imperial Doctor Wang quickly put down the medicine box and approached Chu Xinian to check his pulse. He first opened his eyelids and looked at him, then touched the back of his head, and after looking and asking, he stroked his beard, frowned, and said thoughtfully, “Second Young Master may have blood stasis in his head, blocking the nerves and causing him to be in a trance. This old man will first prescribe medicine to circulate the blood and remove the stasis.”
(In traditional Chinese medicine, a condition described as the sluggishness or stagnation of the blood)
Yun Que wanted to say something but stopped herself, “Then…”
As if he knew what she was going to ask, Physician Wang finished bandaging Chu Xinian’s head and waved his hand, “No need to worry, Second Young Master’s life is safe. He will be fine after a few days of rest.”
Only then Yun Que was relieved, and hurriedly sent a maid to inform Madam and the Marquis, and personally dismissed Dr. Wang.
Chu Xinian kept his head down from beginning to end, making neither noise nor fuss, doing as he was commanded, so quiet it was a little uncomfortable.
He remembered what the maid had just told him and wondered how the plot had changed and what role “Chu Xinian”, a character who appeared out of nowhere, played in the novel.
Chu Xinian used his hand to support himself as he struggled up from the bed, slowly walked to the window, and faintly heard the voice of the gossiping servants.
“Second Young Master is too bold, how dare he run away from marriage? This is the marriage bestowed by the Emperor himself, if the Imperial Family blames us, we will suffer a disaster.”
“I think the marriage should fall on the First Young Master, for he is very intelligent and would not do such foolishness.”
“You moron, you also know that the First Young Master is intelligent, he is the future hope of the Marquis and will inherit the title of the manor in the future. If he marries General Xie, won’t the incense disappear?”
The Quyang Manor was disappearing, and this generation only had two male children, both from the main wife, the eldest son Chu Jiaoping and the second son Chu Xinian.
However, compared with Chu Xinian’s shit, it can be said that Chu Jiaoping’s reputation is outstanding, one in the clouds and one on the ground. At his crowning, he was already famous in the Capital and can be called the hope of the whole family.
Even the maidservants could not bear to see such an outstanding young man married to a disfigured man, they felt that Chu Xinian and Xie Jingyuan together were a match made in heaven.
The maidservants gossiped for a while longer, probably thinking that Chu Xinian was still sleeping, they had no scruples.
However, with just a few words, Chu Xinian roughly discovered the situation of the original owner. He closed his eyes quietly and laughed coldly.
He didn’t write any of these plots!
What marriage, what husband and wife, what plot!
These are the topics that Chu Xinian wouldn’t touch until death, and now he just wants to strangle the bastard who helped him review the draft!
But…
It must be said that traveling back in time is something that has a great appeal to a lover of literary research.
Due to a subtle feeling that “the world of the pen becomes reality”, Chu Xinian quickly forgot about time travel and devoted himself to studying ancient architecture. He carefully examined the antique furniture in the house, even the copper basin next to him to wash his face, and studied it for quite a long time.
System appeared and flew up to his shoulder: [Do you remember your mission?]
Chu Xinian stroked the white porcelain teacup on the table, only to feel that the painting was so exquisite that he had no time to be distracted, “Mission? What mission?”
System: [You’re here to save the villain, not do archaeology]
Oh, I almost forgot.
Chu Xinian immediately put back the teacup he was playing with and asked aloud, “You asked me to save the villain, how do you know the rescue is successful?”
System displayed an electronic screen with a progress bar, pure black and slightly scarlet: [This is the degree of blackening of the target when the progress bar reaches 0%, it means that the rescue has been successful]
Chu Xinian looked at the progress bar that belonged to Xie Jingyuan, followed by a bright number: 99%.
In the outer room, two maidservants sat on the porch, head to head, talking quietly while embroidering. The upper window opened with a creaking sound that startled them.
Chu Xinian leaned over slightly and tapped his fingers on the window frame, “Have any of you seen Big Brother?”
Every day, Chu Xinian harassed the maidservants, and if they were pretty, he also groped them and ate and drank together, even slept with them. Never polite.
The maid seemed to have seen a ghost and quickly got up, pointed to a place, and stammered, “I-in response to the Second Young Master…the First Young Master just returned to the manor, went straight to the courtyard of the Buddha Hall, perhaps to look for Madam.”
The night Chu Xinian escaped from the wedding, most of the Quyang Manor staff left the Capital to look for him, and the troops were divided into three parts. Chu Jiaoping traveled to the South, heard the news that he had been found, and only then rushed back.
Hearing this, Chu Xinian did not even leave the door and went out the window. He asked the maid where the Buddha Hall was, and disappeared.
The maid wanted to stop him but did not dare, and went to look for Yun Que.
At that time, Madam Mei was offering incense in the Buddha Hall, where, in addition to a golden Buddha, there were tablets of the ancestors of the Chu Family. She knelt at a pagoda, closed her eyes, and bowed in reverence, before sighing and saying to a gentle blue-robed young man behind her, “My Chu Family was also famous in the Capital at that time, following the Supreme Emperor in pacifying the four seas and achieving notable successes in battle. But we still did not escape decadence three generations later. Since your Father, there has been no one outstanding!”
The blue-robed young man was none other than Chu Jiaoping. Seeing his mother’s concern, he comforted her, “Mother, Second Brother got confused for a moment…”
At this moment, Madam Mei was not fierce or majestic, she was just tired, “No matter how ignorant Xinian is, he should know that escaping from a marriage bestowed by the Emperor is a serious crime against the nine clans. Although we have found him now, he still doesn’t accept the marriage, how should I explain it to Xie Jingyuan?”
At this time, the Chu Family had already joined Prince Jin.
Chu Jiaoping frowned and thought for a moment, and said, “If Second Brother is unwilling, why don’t you let this son replace him, to avoid trouble with Xie Jingyuan and seek trouble for himself… ?”
Madam Mei was shocked to hear his words, “How can you do this!”
Chu Jiaoping was bold and cautious, and carefully considered his words, “Mother, my birthday is similar to Second Brother’s, so I think it’s not a big problem. Besides, Xinian is hot-headed by nature, and Xie Jingyuan is not a kind person. If you let him go, wouldn’t you be hurting him?”
Chu Xinian had just arrived at the outer hall of the Buddha Hall when he heard this conversation, his pupils constricted slightly. Although he didn’t know how the plot had changed, Xie Jingyuan and Chu Jiaoping could be considered life-and-death enemies in the novel, so the two of them shouldn’t be together.
At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind, no matter what, he could not let these two people get married.
Madam Mei was shocked by Chen Jiaoping’s words. She frowned and was about to say something, when the door suddenly opened and Chu Xinian walked in, lifting the hem of his robe and kneeling, “Mother, your son does not agree.”
Chen Xinian had always been unruly, so Madam Mei glared at him, “What don’t you agree with? You want to be punished by family law again, don’t you?”
Chu Xinian imitated the original owner’s tone and said, “I don’t agree with Big Brother marrying for me anyway.”
As he spoke, he looked out of the corner of his eye and saw a gentle blue-robed young man beside him, thinking that this is the protagonist, Chu Jiaoping.
Madam Mei got up from the futon and hit Chu Xinian’s head, hating this younger son, “So what, you don’t want to get married and you don’t want your Big Brother to replace you either. Do you want the whole family to be buried with you!?”
She was very angry.
Chu Xinian replied, “Who said your son is unwilling to marry?”
Madam Mei raised her hand to hit him again, but when she saw the wound on Chu Xinian’s head, she reluctantly lowered her hand, “Don’t you dislike the way General Xie looks? Why are you changing your mind now!?”
The author has something to say:
#A well-known dog blood author once said that the so-called hot elements are brotherly rivalry, wrong love, substitution in marriage, and loving and killing each other#
I have to praise Shen Liang for revising “A Thousand Years Feud”. We finally got an arranged marriage trope. I somehow remembered “Married Thrice to a Salted Fish”, just this time, it’s a different kind of plot and couple dynamics. So, I’m very excited!
I still have to catch up on that I stopped around the time he was the General. So far behind.
Lmao I recently stopped at the arc after the General too. Too many chapters to catch up, as well! I’m stacking chapters😏
Thank you for the update! I’m really looking forward to this arc. Such a great start at that. The persona of the character and the author Chu Xinian is slightly different, which makes it more amusing!
Thank you for the chapter 💝
Loving and killing each other, my kind of cup of tea 😊
Did he write that the young master got married or big brother. Since supposedly the general suffered so much after marriage it should be the 2nd young master who was an idiot and was against the marriage. Also did he actually disfigured or lie and wear a mask trope. Feel like proper disfigured just like last MC was proper crazy.
mwUAHAHAHA SHEN LIANG MODIFIED THE PLOT MANY THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
Hm hm, brother rivalry? Can’t wait to see what Chen Jiaoping’s character is!
SHHSHSHSHSHS SHEN LIANG MANY THANKS FOR MODIFYING THE PLOT EHEHHEHEHEHEHE
I’m going to stack chapters until the end of the arc and then binge it all! I also hope there will be some Perry the Platypus moments in when the author goes “Curse you, Shen Liang!!” for making wild changes to his carefully constructed plot 😆😆😆
you maybe hit brother on the head too hard miss