Rising to the Top: Beauty and the Realm

[Multiple Heroines] [Transmigration] [Decisive and Ruthless] From the start, he is a servant in a wealthy household, accompanying his young master to take up an official post. On the way, bandits kill the young master, and with nowhere else to turn, he has no choice but to assume his identity and take the post in his place. Just as he gets settled, the young master’s wife comes to seek refuge with him. After weighing their options, the two decide to keep up the act for real and become husband and wife. He then suppresses bandits, protects the local people, and rises steadily through the ranks, taking on ever higher office. Later, the reigning princess takes a liking to him and brings him into the court. He not only gains control of the court’s power, but also takes the princess as his secondary wife. In the end, the young emperor abdicates in his favor, and he becomes an emperor of his age!