What?! I Woke Up and the Imperial Treasury Is Empty

A lovesick emperor surnamed Xiao razed the seven neighboring kingdoms with a sword for her promise: “Unify the world, and I’ll be your empress.” The stench of blood had barely faded from his dragon robe when all he got in return was her casual reply: “I loved you, but someone else needs me more.”

Then she turned and vanished without a trace.

That night, the emperor on the dragon throne crushed the contract bearing both their names. The last trace of warmth in his eyes went out completely.

“A wise ruler? Whoever wants the job can have it!”

He gave up on everything. Memorials piled up, and he couldn’t be bothered to read them. Half the court went unattended, and he couldn’t be bothered to care. He gave cartload after cartload of treasury gold to actors, watching them put on airs and preen in front of his throne. During a famine, when refugees were reduced to chewing bark, he narrowed his eyes and tossed down his tally: “Not a single strand of hair’s worth of gold from the treasury is to be touched.”

The people seethed with resentment. When the court historian wrote “Tyrant Wu Jie” into the annals, his hands trembled.

No one knew that the woman who had run away was being kicked back into the imperial palace by the System. Looking at the debauched tyrant before her, she was so furious she wanted to flip the table.

“Your Majesty, approve the disaster relief funds, please~” She tugged at his dragon robe, batting her lashes as her fingertips brushed his Adam’s apple.

“Get lost.” He looked at her coldly, but when she rose on tiptoe and kissed the corner of his lips, his Adam’s apple bobbed. He quietly signed the approval.

“Your Majesty, stamp the tax-cut decree for me~” She sat on his lap and pressed the ink pad against his fingertips.

“Impudent.” He gripped her chin and threatened her, but when she kissed the ink stain from the corner of his lips, he obediently pressed his fingerprint to the decree.

With every coaxing word and stolen kiss, disaster relief grain, river repair funds, and new rice seeds piled up beside the tyrant’s throne. Until one day, the treasury was completely empty...