Night Emperor
夜天子
Author: 月关
Latest: Chapter 1023
Status: Completed
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Tags: adapted to drama clever protagonist male protagonist
They possessed a title that could be passed down through generations, but they were not nobles. Their family’s ancestry was long and illustrious, yet they were not powerful. The current scion of the family believed he had secured his employment for a lifetime by inheriting the position that had been passed down from his forefathers. However, this prison chief of a yamen, a government establishment, had his little world unexpectedly thrown on its head by a swindler acting like a mystical being. Thus, a tyrant who could cover the sky was created.
Yang Ling[1] was known as Yang the Beheader, and Yang Fan[2] was known as the Plague Doctor, but our protagonist was dubbed with many names, the Insane Dianshi[3], the ****head Prefectural Judge, Night Emperor… Every one of those nicknames represents his legend.
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[1] Yang Ling is the main character of one of Yue Guan’s early works called 回到明朝当王爷之杨凌传 which can be loosely translated as Return to Ming Dynasty as a prince : Yang Ling’s biography.
[2] Yang Fan is the main character of another one of Yue Guan’s novels called zuì zhěn jiāngshān (醉枕江山). In fact, it’s the previous complete work before Night Emperor. It’s a historical novel similar to Night Emperor.
[3] It’s an unranked government post which is outside of the nine rank system in the imperial officialdom and tasked with various miscellaneous jobs.
他世袭罔替，却非王侯；他出身世家，却非高门。
作为六扇门中的一个牢头儿，
他本想老老实实把祖上传下来的这只铁饭碗一代代传承下去，
却不想被一个神棍忽悠出了那一方小天地，这一去，便是一个太岁横空出世。
他自诩义薄云天，为人四海，是个可以托妻献子的好朋友，
可他所到之处，却是家有佳妇贵女者统统藏之深闺不敢示人；
他自称秉性纯良，与人为善。可是只为逃避做他的上司，
堂堂贵州道布政便打起“丁忧”的幌子，欢天喜地的辞官归故里了；
他自谓忠臣，光霁日月，可一向勤政的万历皇帝却因他而再不早朝。
杨凌人称杨砍头，杨帆人称瘟郎中，
他却有着更多的绰号，疯典史、驴推官、夜天子……，
每一个绰号，都代表着他的一个传奇。