Chapter 2

"Hmph, Liu Bian, you're doing pretty well." Li Ru stepped forward, a smug look on his face, coldly staring at Liu Bian as he spoke.

His face showed no respect for the emperor, only cold contempt.

"Damn, this bastard dares to talk to me like that—wait, once I seize power I'll kill you first."

Liu Bian looked at Li Ru like that, and a raging fury welled up in his heart.

"What, our Majesty, are you unhappy? You still have a temper? Given your situation, how dare you look at me like that."

"Don't think I wouldn't dare kill you—the Han is almost dead, you're just a canary in the minister's cage; if I didn't see you still had some use, I'd kill you right now, you good-for-nothing!"

Li Ru wore a sinister look, his eyes flashing with obvious killing intent.

"Endure, endure, endure, Li Ru—wait for me, don't give me a chance, or I'll kill you."

"Fuck, the previous host being emperor—others dare to say to your face they'll kill you, after so long you should at least build up some power for yourself."

"I recall that there are many loyal to the Han in the court! It's because of your inaction that you've chilled the hearts of those loyal ministers; not long after, Dong Zhuo and his ilk forced you to abdicate in favor of Chen Liu Wang Liu Xie, and soon after you were poisoned—thus the Han Empire, which had lasted over four hundred years, fell into the Marquis scramble."

Liu Bian forcibly suppressed his anger, speechless toward his previous self—brains are a good thing, too bad…

"Damn heaven, really—since you brought me over through transmigration, at least arrange a badass background; this Liu Bian identity is high, but I'd rather not have it—just relying on my worthless self, this is basically a dead end!"

Facing Li Ru's humiliation, Liu Bian forcibly suppressed his anger, inwardly pondering how to break the situation.

But this situation is clearly not something Liu Bian can turn around.

"Lord Li Ru, you jest—I still need to thank Minister Dong and Lord Li for their all-out rescue; otherwise I would have already been murdered by the Rebel Party, I haven't even had time to thank the Grand Tutor, how could I have a temper?"

Liu Bian put on a grateful, tearful expression, gave a light smile and said— not

"No choice, for now we can only drag it out—first stabilize, that's fine; as for the outcome, we'll take it step by step."

"Heh, Liu Bian, you're still the same good-for-nothing as before,?"

Seeing Liu Bian's expression, Li Ru wore a full-faced smirk and mocked him.

"Hmph, I'll let you scum live a few more days—if it weren't for your father-in-law's grand plan, I'd kill you now, hahaha, this is Shuojun—just thinking about it feels great!"

Li Ru grew more excited the more he thought about it, practically itching to strike Liu Bian right now.

"You just need to know the minister's favor!"

"This time I, the lord, have come to tell you that the minister thinks you lack courage and are unfit to be emperor; prepare yourself, in three days you will abdicate the throne to your younger brother Chen Liu Wang Liu Xie—he is more suited for the throne—so quickly arrange the Abdication Ceremony and cooperate well with the minister."

"By then the minister could also give you a wealthy Fujun, of course you could also resist, but the result? Hmph, hmph!"

After saying that, Li Ru's eyes turned cold as he stared at Liu Bian, wondering whether this worthless emperor would rebel.

"Damn it, I'm still the Han emperor, yet I'm bullied to this extent and can't even resist—damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

Liu Bian's inner fury surged; if it weren't for the Xiliang Army soldiers watching nearby, he would really have swung a punch at Li Ru and beaten to death that sinister This Servant.

"Please, Lord Li, go tell Minister Dong to rest assured—three days from now, at the Chanyang Grand Hall, I will certainly cooperate fully; also ask Lord Li to speak a few kind words before the Minister—this throne truly isn't fit for me."

To show weakness, Liu Bian changed his self-reference from 'Emperor' to 'I'.

"Smart kid, you know the score—rest easy, as long as you cooperate well three days from now and smoothly complete the Abdication Ceremony, we won't harm you."

Li Ru gave Liu Bian a deep look, a flash of killing intent flickered in his eyes, yet his face showed a sincere expression.

"Alright, Your Majesty, you can still sit on the throne for three days—take this chance to enjoy it a bit longer. Hahaha…"

Li Ru finished speaking, patted Liu Bian's face, and laughed arrogantly.

"You few, guard the Grand Hall well—no one may enter or leave; violators will be killed without pardon!"

"Yes, sir."

The soldiers loudly responded, tightly shutting the Grand Hall doors; in the empty Grand Hall, Liu Bian's figure appeared desolate and utterly lonely.

Watching Li Ru's retreating back, Liu Bian could no longer bear the humiliation in his heart, he collapsed to his knees and burst into tears.

"Damn heaven, are you really trying to play me to death? Couldn't you have given me a stronger background for my transmigration? I'll be dead in three days—did you bring me here just to make me experience a desperate death?"

Liu Bian roared heart-wrenchingly at the empty Grand Hall.

"Ding, host emotional value reaches system binding standard, Wanjie Emperor System activating…"

Suddenly, Liu Bian recalled a voice in his mind.

「I just knew that a transmigrator's essential cheat will only be late, never absent—it truly does not deceive me! 」

Upon hearing it was the legendary system, Liu Bian instantly showed a look of ecstasy.

「I skipped, I just said—others who reincarnate or transmigrate can get a cheat and dominate the universe, while I, the universe's most handsome guy, how could I possibly not have one? Hahahaha, with the system's help, whatever Dong Zhuo, Li Ru, Lü Bu and their ilk are all little brothers; just dominate the universe, hold all heavens in hand, tread the primordial wilderness—none of that is a dream! 」

「Dong Zhuo, Li Ru, you two rebel thieves of the chaotic city, wait for Emperor, Emperor will properly deal with you. 」

Liu Bian vented his hatred for Dong Zhuo and Li Ru with a ferocious expression.

「System, come out quickly, hurry and say what functions you have, quickly, use them on this host! 」

Liu Bian, full of anticipation, said to the system.

「Ding, Wanjie Emperor System binding, please wait, host…」

「Ding, system binding…1%…20%…90%…」

「Ding, Wanjie Emperor System binding successful! 」

「System: Wanjie Emperor System

「Host: Liu Bian (Han Dynasty Emperor)

「Realm: Unranked

「Talent: Yellow Grade Lower Grade

「Physique: None

「Technique: None

「National Fortune Value: 0」

「No way, I'm actually this trash, this attribute panel, even a dog would shake its head looking at it! 」

Liu Bian looked at his attribute panel, his face full of ashen despair.

Hey system, doesn't everyone have a system newbie gift pack? Where's mine?

Liu Bian asked the system expectantly.

Ding, the system detected that the host requires a newbie gift pack, and has stored it in the system space for the host. Would you like to claim it?

Damn it, system, you wouldn't give me a newbie gift pack if I didn't ask, would you?

After hearing the system's words, Liu Bian said in disbelief.

Ding, yes, the condition to trigger the newbie big gift pack is that the host needs a newbie gift pack.

Holy shit, good thing I asked extra, otherwise I'd have suffered a big loss. Who set this up, this old six? It's also too much of a trap!

After hearing the system's words, Liu Bian looked relieved, and he was glad he had asked extra.

Claim the newbie big gift pack! Liu Bian said to the system expectantly.

Ding, the newbie big gift pack was used successfully, congratulations host on obtaining…