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I Was a Commoner—Why Force Me to Be Emperor?

share time: 2025-11-22 00:33:29

Lin Zhao was just an ordinary apprentice at a border medical clinic, boiling herbs and treating patients every day, determined to spend his life guarding his master’s old clinic. Until one day, the Jinyiwei (Imperial Guards) razed the clinic and pressed a knife to his throat: “You’re the late emperor’s orphan—come back to the palace and be emperor!” His identity hides a secret of the previous dynasty: the Empress Dowager wants him as a puppet, powerful ministers want to use him to eliminate rivals, and even a princess from an enemy state has disguised herself as a maid to get close to him. When an ordinary man is forced into the center of power, all he ever wanted was not the dragon throne, but to hold the hand of the girl who always secretly slips him osmanthus candy. But fate presses a knife to his neck: either be emperor, or die. Clutching the candy wrapper the girl gave him, wildfire ignites in his eyes—if you force me to be emperor, then I’ll set the rules for this world!

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