Transmigrated as an Empress, Surrounded by Handsome Men

A modern woman transmigrates and becomes an empress, building a "harem" to indulge her desires and forge a powerful empire.

A modern woman transmigrates and becomes an empress, building a "harem" to indulge her desires and forge a powerful empire. How does the empress use her own desires as a tool to seize and consolidate power, and how does power in turn twist and distort those desires?

The men in the "harem" go from "prey" to "tools" and perhaps then to "partners" or "rebels." How is their humanity suppressed, exploited, or awakened? How does the empress's own humanity change under the influence of power?