Chapter 1

Lan Yue has spent the last few weeks extremely disappointed with the ending of the last novel he read, and almost every day he posted reviews of the author.

However, upon waking up the next day, Lan Yue suddenly heard a robotic voice in his mind, explaining that he transmigrated into "The Great Hero", which was precisely the novel he most criticized the author for!

The great hero is a novel that really despises the protagonist himself. From start to finish San Yan is humiliated, ignored and defeated several times throughout the novel, all caused and supported by the villain, San Yan's own "father".

040: Your mission is to pave the way for the protagonist, follow the script to the end and eventually you will be able to return to your world.

"Wait! How can I follow in the footsteps of the 'other' Lan Yue? Poor San Yan!"

040: Hoster, the protagonist can and must suffer! Only then will he gain public approval.

"That's... The problem is that San Yan was practically never happy in his entire life! Even in the end, he sacrificed himself to save the heroine!"

040: ...Follow the script!

Lan Yue suddenly felt an electric shock at the back of her head and gradually spreading.

He immediately turned pale and pale.

"Sir? Is everything okay?" The soft voice of a servant spoke from the side.

"Tong Lei, where is San Yan?"

Suddenly, Tong Lei turned pale and spoke quickly, "Sir, this servant begs you! The young master has not eaten in days, perhaps.. Perhaps the young master cannot bear another punishment!"

Lan Yue was slightly confused, but quickly remembered what timeline they were in. San Yan, at that moment, must have been between fifteen or sixteen years old.

San Yan was a child who lived for a long time on the streets, until he was found and adopted by Lan Yue's wife when he was just ten years old. However, Mrs. Lan was a naturally sick woman, who never managed to have children, although she poured all the love and affection she could in San Yan, three years later she died.

General Lan Yue was the cold and bitter man, the only person he loved in life was lady Lan, so when she died the general with all his pain strongly believed that she died for his efforts taking care of San Yan.

Obviously, it wasn't true.

"Tong Lei, just bring him in and tell him to have breakfast with me today."

Tong Lei looked confused, but quickly bowed and left.

040: Mission: Take the protagonist to the army.

Seeing that the system didn't say when exactly Lan Yue should take San Yan to the army, he would naturally take as long as possible.

Tong Fei entered carrying a tall, handsome, but very malnourished young man.

San Yan knelt down, "Yifu, this unfilial son thanks you."

Watching the scarred child both new and old, Lan Yue was immediately irritated, so her voice was naturally cold.

"Sit down and eat."

The meal on the table was silent, only Lan Yue's voice resounded as he finished eating, "Tong Lei, inform the family doctor that I want him to come and examine Yan-er. Also, prepare a room, a bath and new clothes for Yan-er, he no longer needs to sleep in the servants' quarters."

Lan Yue saw that San Yan was very surprised, his face even turned paler than before.

The general left the mansion and went straight to the Imperial Palace.

According to the original owner's recollections, the former Emperor Xu Kingdom is dying, he asked Lan Yue to come see him.

The Emperor was indeed being poisoned by his Imperial Consort, but unfortunately the Emperor found out too late, and now his last hope was his general.

He wanted Lan Yue to look for the son he lost, the son the Empress died trying to give birth to, but who before they found out about him was kidnapped by the Imperial Consort and thrown onto the streets.

Lan Yue already knew who he was... Obviously he was the protagonist! The young man who would be so despised and humiliated was actually the crown prince.

A eunuch took Lan Yue straight to the Emperor's quarters, after all few people knew that the Emperor's situation was much worse than imagined, any delay could be fatal.

"A-Lan, come closer..."

The emperor spoke weakly. Lan Yue approached the bed and watched the dying man.

"A-Lan warned me so many times about Xiao Mei, how smart she was… If only I had listened!"

He slowly, Lan Yue replied, "It's okay, your majesty, it doesn't matter anymore."

"You're right.. It doesn't matter anymore."

Lan Yue calmly waited for the Emperor to speak.

"A-Lan.. Keep the Red Ring."

Just like in the book, the Emperor would hand over to his trusted general the Red Ring, which was a ring that had the blood of the current Emperor, and all the leaders of Xu country already wore it, it was basically an important symbol that meant that the current Emperor Emperor was accepted by the former.

By handing over the Red Ring to your general, it means handing over the country to Lan Yue... at least temporarily.

Lan Yue pretended to be reluctant, "Majesty! This matter cannot..."

"A-Lan! This is the only way we can stop the Xiao family! They have been trying to usurp the throne for years. I will declare that my second son is still too young to take over Xu, and while he is not old enough.. A- Lan, find the son the former Empress had!"

Lan Yue again feigned surprise, "Your Majesty, the former Empress had a dead son."

"This was a Royal Consort arrangement."

"Mn."

The sick emperor obviously didn't notice the indifference, "Here! A-Lan, now the fate of Xu country is in your hands.. Cough, cough.. Find my son and give him the Red Ring... Cough, cough, cough!"

After hearing the Emperor's crisis, the eunuch entered the room and Lan Yue quietly left shortly after back to Lan Mansion.