I Just Wanted to Be a Layabout, So How Did I Become an Emperor for the Ages?

[Transmigration + System + Playing the Fool While Hiding Your Strength + Political Intrigue and Personal Growth] After transmigrating into the Great Qing Dynasty, Qin Yan had planned to lie flat for the rest of his life, scrape by, and take things easy. But when he opened his eyes, he found himself a beggar in a ruined temple, framed for murder and on the brink of death. Just as he was about to be sentenced to death, his golden finger activated: the Fate Recovery System! 【Ding! Successfully recovered the fate of a “poor scholar”: pass the imperial exams and bring honor to his family.】 【Time-limited mission: Complete it within two years, or your fate will catch up with you. You will die unjustly just like him.】 He had wanted to lie flat, but fate forced him to get back on his feet! He turned his fate around from behind bars, embarked on the imperial examination path, entered the imperial court, and rose from a penniless scholar to dizzying heights. Every fate he completed took him one step higher. 【The fate of a general who died in battle: win every battle.】 【The fate of a merchant richer than the nation: make a fortune in three years.】 【The fate of a prince who met an untimely end: seize the throne and become emperor.】... He never wanted to compete for power, yet in the end, the fates of the entire realm revolved around him. “I really never meant to become emperor!” “System! Are you trying to push me into rebellion or what?”