After Being a Scumbag to the Tyrant, I Faked My Death and Disappeared

A poor mountain girl, Lu Fufu, transmigrates into a book. Her mission? To transform the story’s villainous tyrant into a wise and benevolent ruler.

Mu Linchuan is a true tyrant: narrow-minded, gloomy, petty, and ruthless.

After rebel forces seize the capital, he loses the use of his legs. It’s Lu Fufu—living in the Cold Palace—who carries him out from a pile of corpses.

The once-glorious young emperor falls from grace overnight. From a noble ruler, he becomes nothing more than a half-man with the stature of a child, someone everyone mocks and humiliates.

But when he sees the plain little girl stumbling around trying to get him medical help, the boy falls silent.

He is pessimistic, cynical, and weary of life—but for Lu Fufu, he’s willing to change. Bit by bit, he claws his way back to the capital.

To win for her. To protect her safety.

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In later years, the Emperor of Dayong, Emperor Li of Yong, Mu Linchuan, would become a legend. As a youth, he was a tyrant beyond redemption.

After the fall of the capital and the loss of his legs, he was overthrown. But it took him ten whole years to fight his way back.

When he returned, he ruled with wisdom and compassion: quelling northern tribes, opening sea routes, cutting taxes, building canals. He became a celebrated monarch remembered for generations.

This era of his later reign came to be known in history as the "Yuanshuo Era of Governance."

And the reason for all this change, people say, was an unremarkable girl by his side.

That girl would later become Empress Yichun, once a forgotten consort cast into the Cold Palace.

But on the very day she was to be crowned empress, the beloved Yichun Empress tragically passed away. From then on, the deeply devoted young couple were separated by life and death.

The entire court watched as the heartbroken young emperor canceled morning court for days, absent-minded and grieving. He gave Empress Yichun the highest honors in burial: tiger-emblazoned banners, phoenix carriages, imperial parasols, and a place in the ancestral temples—an extravagant tribute of mourning.

As for Lu Fufu, she had a little secret she never told Mu Linchuan:

She had always planned to fake her death and disappear.

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A simpleminded rural girl who says “me” in dialect × gloomy, nihilistic little tyrant.

Note: The male lead is mentally unwell.

Other notes as they come. It’s a HE (Happy Ending).

See author’s notes in Chapter 1 for details.

Cover art from Weibo artist: @大器晚成

Also titled: A poor peasant girl reforms a landlord tyrant (wait—something feels off about this!)

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Tags: Soulmates, Time Travel, Transmigration, Serious Tone

POVs: Lu Fufu, Mu Linchuan

One-Line Summary: I’m the little tyrant’s short-lived white moonlight.

Theme: Redemption and personal growth through effort and change.