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Chapter 26 Plot
Tang Zhao's mind was in a mess. He sent Dongmei back to sleep, and he himself sat with his back to the bed, hugging the quilt, in a daze.

Rouyin, that’s a nice name.

Tang Zhao didn't like Gu Ci, so he wasn't jealous, but he still felt very uncomfortable with the invisible green hat on his head.

"System, shouldn't you explain?"

[Ding! The host triggers the key character and unlocks the entire book's plot]

Tang Zhao:?
It turns out that she was not only reborn, but also traveled through a book.

The heroine of "Rouyin Biography" Bai Rouyin was betrothed to Gu Ci at birth. The two were childhood sweethearts. After Gu Ci joined the army, he kept giving gifts to Bai Rouyin every year, waiting for her to turn 18 to marry her.

In the 37th year of the Kangzhi reign of Dayu, the Turks raised an army of 100,000 cavalrymen to attack Dayu. King Xuan led the Northwestern Army to defend the border. Gu Ci led his troops to attack the Turkic camp and burn their food supplies. He eventually defeated the Turks. While beheading the Turkic prince, Gu Ci was shot by a hidden arrow and fell into a coma due to the poison.

Gu Ci was sent back to Luoyang, where he was saved by secret medicine, but remained in a coma. The Imperial Master divined that a noblewoman born in a yang year, yang month, yang day, and yang hour could marry Gu Ci to bring him good luck, and perhaps there would be a glimmer of hope for his survival.

Emperor Kangzhi, in a desperate move, singled out Tang Zhao from among the thousands of noble ladies in Luoyang.

Tang Zhao:.
Tang Zhao: The cause and effect are connected.

[The Emperor has granted the marriage, and there is absolutely no possibility of divorce. Bai Rouyin is the only daughter of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery and cannot be a concubine. Therefore, the engagement is cancelled, and Bai Rouyin will follow her family to the northwest.]

In the early summer of the 38th year of Dayu, Emperor Kangzhi passed away. Everyone in Prince Xuan's palace went to their fiefdom. Bai Rouyin met Gu Ci again and was overwhelmed with love. She asked to be Gu Ci's concubine, but was rejected by Gu Ci. She married him out of anger.

However, Bai Rouyin met a bad man, was oppressed by her parents-in-law, and was ostracized by her uncle and sister-in-law. Gu Ci felt that he had caused Bai Rouyin trouble and saved her from danger several times. Bai Rouyin's husband thought he was cuckolded and angrily defected to the enemy, but was discovered by Gu Ci and beheaded.

Tang Zhao: For a moment I didn’t know who to scold.

Bai Rouyin was forced to become a nun by her husband's family. Gu Ci couldn't bear to let her stay in the courtyard. Bai Rouyin offered to be a slave, but was rejected by Gu Ci again.

Tang Zhao: What a big hammer.

"No, are you sure Gu Ci is the cannon fodder male supporting role?" Tang Zhao asked a question from the bottom of his heart. It must have taken him hundreds of thousands of words to write this.

[470,000 words already, host, don't worry, the male lead will be out soon]

Tang Zhao: The male protagonist hasn't appeared in almost 500,000 words. The author must have failed.

Bai Rouyin is completely desperate and lives in a small courtyard, ready to die of old age. However, she accidentally saves the eighth prince of the Turkic region. As they spend time together, they gradually fall in love, and the eighth prince promises to marry Bai Rouyin.

Bai Rouyin used her identity to secretly pass on information to the Turks, helping the Eighth Prince become the Turkic Khan. She set fire to the Turks and faked her death to escape, changing her identity and marrying into the Turkic Khatun.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
Tang Zhao applauded. What a surprising turn of events. Awesome!

In the third year of Pingyuan, natural disasters continued to plague Dayu, and the imperial court withheld military pay. King Xuan was forced to launch an attack on the Turks. Gu Ci stormed into the king's tent and, at Bai Rouyin's desperate pleas, released the two.

In the fifth year of the Pingyuan reign, Emperor Pingyuan felt the power of Prince Xuan and feared his treachery. He secretly contacted Marquis Zhongyong to poison and assassinate Prince Xuan, and also contacted Bai Rouyin and her husband, who had regrouped.

In the sixth year of Pingyuan, King Xuan died. The Turks rose again and attacked the Northwest Army from both inside and outside together with Emperor Pingyuan. Gu Ci died in battle, and everyone in King Xuan's palace died for their country.

Emperor Pingyuan, having gotten rid of his great worry, thought he was safe and sound, and from then on, he paid no attention to state affairs. In the eighth year of Pingyuan, the Turks broke the treaty and within three months, invaded Luoyang, beheaded Emperor Kaiyuan and all the royal family members, unified the country, proclaimed himself Emperor Mingwu, changed the country's name to Yuan, appointed Bai Rouyin as empress, Bai Rouyin's son as crown prince, and promoted the Marquis Zhongyong to the first-class Duke of Bai.

Then, Bai Rouyin began to fight in the harem, relying on the favor of Emperor Mingwu and the influence of her family to secure the throne of empress. After Emperor Mingwu's death, the crown prince ascended the throne and became the empress dowager, enjoying a life of honor and glory.

"Yes, it is indeed a heroine. I just have one question: how many words are there in the whole book?"

[A total of 630,000 words] "So the male protagonist only has 160,000 words. Are you sure the male protagonist and the male supporting role are not reversed?"

And why does the heroine act like a villain? She's not righteous at all!
[Many good things done by the heroine were glossed over by the author]

After the TV adaptation, many viewers also believed that the supporting male role should be the tragic hero, but the author insisted that Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty was the true male protagonist, which caused strong protests from the audience and led to the rewriting of the entire book.

Tang Zhao: "That's why I came."

[Yes, the host is the most talented and promising person carefully selected by the system from among tens of millions of people in Shanghai. I hope the host can live up to the trust of the system and the audience and rewrite the ending.]

[If the host successfully rewrites the ending and saves the cannon fodder male supporting role, they will be reborn. If they fail to save the male supporting role, they will be wiped out by the system.]

Tang Zhao:!
This is even more inhumane than an employment contract! At least working for someone else doesn't put your life in danger.

But this world is so unfair!

Tang Zhao admitted defeat, "Don't worry, I will not only save Gu Ci's life, but also find him a virtuous, capable and loyal wife."

A thousand times, ten thousand times stronger than Bai Rouyin!
Screw her heroine, screw his Black Moonlight!
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for unlocking the entire book. Reward: Detailed plot preview, remaining health 44]

The amount of information Tang Zhao received this morning was so overwhelming that it took him a whole hour to digest it. He didn't even realize Gu Ci had woken up.

If she hadn't been bound to this system, if Gu Ci hadn't been her target, she would have wanted to stab him.

He's a grown man, but he's actually in love!

Is there any place to seek justice for this?!

Tang Zhao was very annoyed with Gu Ci's words and threw the people and the gifts out with the excuse of not taking good care of them, thinking that out of sight, out of mind.

Gu Ci took advantage of the situation and moved back to the study.

Inside Minghui Hall, upon hearing the news that her son and daughter-in-law had separated again, Princess Xuan's forehead veins throbbed, and she felt uneasy. She asked her confidant, Nanny Zhao, "Isn't Zhaoshan aware of Rouyin's situation?"

Madam Zhao consoled him, "Only a few people knew about the Fifth Young Master's arranged marriage. Didn't the Princess and the Crown Prince's Consort warn them before the wedding? They are all elders in the palace, so they keep their mouths shut."

"I'm afraid of the young master..."

Yes, she was afraid of that stupid son who only knew how to fight. Princess Xuan gritted her teeth and thought that separation was also good. If the stupid son was poisoned and let the secret slip, she would really not be able to hide it.

From then on, Tang Zhao and Gu Ci lived apart quietly with everyone's tacit understanding.

It took Tang Zhao three full days to reorganize his thoughts and formally launch his plan to save the cannon fodder male supporting role.

The first step is to make money.

Thinking of the empty cash box, Tang Zhao sighed and began to think about what industry he could start from scratch without any capital.

After much deliberation, she chose the no-cost business of writing storybooks.

"Qiuyu, take Song Sheng and the others to a few of the big storytelling teahouses in Luoyang and ask about the types of vernacular stories that are currently popular."

Tang Zhao emptied the money box and gave her all the money. He said solemnly, "Whether we will have a good life or eat coarse food in the future depends entirely on you."

(End of this chapter)