Heir to the Iron Throne: Born Into Villainy

Wind Whisper

Born into another world through transmigration, Pei Su finds himself the eldest legitimate son of the Pei Clan — the foremost of the Seven Great Clans of the Capital and a noble house with a thousand-year legacy. The picture only grows more daunting upon closer inspection. His grandfather, Chancellor Pei Zhao, holds the title of Pillar-of-the-Nation Duke and is lauded as the realm's most indispensable statesman — yet in truth, the old man rules the court with an iron fist. Twenty years ago, he brazenly colluded with the empress to strip the emperor of all real power, holding the power of life and death over all. Ministers tremble in silence, daring only to seethe. When the Chen King of the North rode south to rescue the throne, he was stopped cold at Tianque Pass by Pei Su's father and the Northern Pacification Army — and branded a treasonous wolf for his trouble. With the emperor in seclusion for two decades, the empress has governed from behind the curtain ever since, while the realm teeters on the edge of collapse and intrigue churns beneath the surface of the Imperial Capital. As heir to the ultimate villain's household, Pei Su is thrust straight into the eye of the storm — court conspiracies, clan rivalries, and imperial power struggles all converging around him. Yet one loose thread remains: the imperial palace guard officer who once exposed the Pei Clan's schemes stole the divine blade Dragon-Sparrow and fled with his life, vanishing into Bingzhou for twenty years under an assumed identity while the court hunted him. On the first day of a new month, Pei Su studies the coordinates divined from the stars and smiles. "Deputy Commander Xiao — if you've been wronged, why not simply report it to the authorities?"