Top Scholar, and from the Start I Made the Empress Cry

Lu Hao transmigrates to an ancient alternate world and spends decades studying before placing first in the imperial exams. But who could have guessed that the female emperor the System assigned him to assist would be a foolish ruler? Obsessed with the pursuit of immortality and indifferent to state affairs, she plunged the realm into chaos and left the people destitute. Protected by the System, Lu Hao publicly denounces the empress as a foolish ruler before all the civil and military officials on the day he places first in the exams! To his surprise, she doesn’t execute him. Instead, she throws in the towel and hands all state affairs over to him. Minister: “Your Majesty, the drought in Linzhou is an emergency. Please decide what we should do.” Empress: “Prince of Equal Rank, go handle it. I’m going to refine pills.” Minister: “Your Majesty, the enemy nation is invading! Please send troops to repel them!” Empress: “Prince of Equal Rank, you’ve got this~” Lu Hao: “You reckless woman! Which one of us is the emperor here?”