As the heir of the Duke Chengguo, Ning Lang was a dazzling talent—peerless, brilliant, and the “white moonlight” in the emperor’s heart.
But during the imperial banquet, he was drugged by his illegitimate younger brother and ended up spending the night with the emperor. Later, he was pushed off a cliff and presumed dead, his body never found.

Just when he thought death was certain, he unexpectedly awakened a System 001 and recovered memories of his past life in the modern world.

System 001 tells him: this world is actually a novel, and he’s a minor white moonlight character between the villain emperor and the protagonist—with less than three chapters of screen time.

To survive and keep his chubby baby alive, Ning Lang must now aid a wise ruler and serve the people, collecting energy values.

Looking at the chubby little baby sucking on his fingers, completely unaware of anything, Ning Lang accepts his fate.
He must become strong—for his son!

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Three years later, Ning Lang, now under the alias Lin Lang, returns and becomes the top scholar once again. He embarks on his mission to support the emperor’s governance—tearing apart villains, kicking corrupt ministers, and urging the emperor to attend court and review memorials every day.

The civil and military officials all pity him:

“The last official who dared to nag His Majesty into working… we don’t even know how tall the weeds on his grave are.”

“What a shame, Scholar Lin is such a fine young man…”

But contrary to expectations, the emperor grows more diligent each day, and Lin Lang becomes his favorite.

Officials:

“We must be doing something wrong—”

Later: “Wait… turns out the clown… was me.”
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