**Highlight: Younger, slacker prince (bottom) x Paranoid, ruthless emperor (top)** Ji Weimiao transmigrated into a novel as the Ninth Prince. At six years old, his elder brother, Ji Su, executed all their disobedient siblings. In this vast empire, only two princes remained—one eighteen, the other six. Their father was bedridden, and Ji Su ruled as regent. Seeing the contemplative look in his elder brother’s eyes, Ji Weimiao felt chills down his spine... Ah, well... What should he do? —Think about it this way: he was imperial nobility, and his brother was not only the crown prince but the future emperor. As long as he didn’t covet the throne and didn’t oppose his brother, he could live off the state treasury and strut sideways across the country! Who else had such a heavenly starting hand?! * "Your Highness, where are we going today?" "First, Fragrant Tower, then Red Sleeves Pavilion, then Everluck Gambling Den!" "...Your Highness?" MC: *You don’t get it—I’m just doing my duty as a wastrel!* #Like hell I wouldn’t take this chance to slack off—you think I’d actually want to scheme for the throne?! #Early to rise, late to bed—I wouldn’t take that damn job even if it was handed to me!# **Notes:** 1. The leads share no blood ties. Scheming emperor (feudal control freak top) x slacker, hedonistic prince (bottom), 12-year age gap. Non-blood relation confirmed before romantic development. 2. The top has OCD, the bottom identifies as gay. Both chaste.