Such a Splendid Empire, Yet My Sons Work Their Fingers to the Bone

Jing Yang accidentally finds himself in the Great Long Dynasty, the setting of a political-strategy novel aimed at female readers. He is the story’s biggest villain. In the original, he does every wicked thing imaginable to seize the throne, and even tries to kill his father. You can imagine how grim his fate is. Everyone close to him, from his advisers to his wife and children, as well as his mother, is dragged down with him and meets a tragic end. So Jing Yang decides to stay out of the succession struggle and make sure everyone around him survives. But who would have thought his emperor father would absolutely refuse to let him go, insisting on deposing the crown prince and putting Jing Yang in his place? Sitting dazed on the Dragon Throne, Jing Yang: “...” Wait, that’s not how it went in the book! (A story about the path to power inevitably features multiple heroines, but each one will have a fully developed character. Thanks for understanding!)