The Brocade-Clad Guard? More Like a Lucky Carp! Merits Come Knocking

Chen Yun transmigrated to the Great Qian Dynasty and became an unremarkable Embroidered Guard.

On his very first day on the job, he found a drunkard in a tavern. After taking a closer look, he realized the man was a notorious bandit who had been wanted for ages!

While listening to music at a pleasure house, he heard that a customer had died from overindulgence. He went upstairs to check and discovered that the man was a flower thief who had once snuck into the imperial palace to violate women!

He casually picked up an abandoned baby by the roadside, and the keepsake on the child proved he was the illegitimate son of the Demon Cult's leader!

While taking a boat out to enjoy the lake, he encountered a drowning woman who turned out to be the emperor's most beloved sixth princess...

With luck so incredible he seemed to have a koi spirit watching over him, Chen Yun rose smoothly through the ranks and began a life like one with cheats enabled.

Embroidered Guard -> Captain of a Hundred -> Captain of a Thousand -> Pacification Commissioner... -> Commander -> Imperial son-in-law.

Just as Chen Yun was wondering whether to become emperor himself for a taste of the throne, the emperor, who had no sons or brothers, suddenly dropped dead. His final edict named his son-in-law, Chen Yun, as his successor...

This novel and its characters are purely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.