One slash of the blade severed his life, yet he woke abruptly ten years earlier. Pei Jun had spent his life as the seemingly treacherous minister, playing the villain to protect the young emperor—only to discover their affair was but the emperor’s scheme of biding time under humiliation. Condemned by ninety-six charges, Pei Jun died reviled by all, his name forever tarnished in history. His very soul seethed with rage. Reborn, he vowed to tear down this rotten dynasty himself. Yet in this life, he wasn’t the only one wielding a shovel. That prince, who in their past life had risen to rebellion by stepping on his severed head, was already digging furiously ahead of him: “Rebellion? Join me.”