From the Start, I Was the Emperor’s Double, but on Our Wedding Night, I Made the Act Real

[Lots of beauties, ruthless and decisive, playing the fool to catch the tiger, scheming]

He transmigrates into the body of an emperor's double, only to be forced into doing the emperor's dirty work.

The emperor was born with a defect and wants to use him as a puppet.

Either way, he's doomed.

So he might as well be ruthless and take the throne for himself.

He kills the emperor, turning a fake dragon into a true one.

Li Chong begins strengthening his army to prepare for sweeping across other nations.

Other countries seek help through marriage alliances. Li Chong only wants their princesses, then turns his back on them.

The royal family pressures him to take concubines and have children. Li Chong agrees on the spot, then turns around and sends them a shrew to teach them not to meddle in his affairs.

A vassal prince covets the throne? Then he dies!