The Dragon-Slaying Minister

Xiao Cheng is the son of the Grand Tutor, but the young emperor sees him as a thorn in his side and wants him dead. At the brink of disaster, he awakens a System, whose main quest points straight to “slaying the dragon”!

In a confrontation at court, he exposes the emperor’s plot involving a private army in front of everyone, backing the Son of Heaven into a corner. Behind the scenes, he lays his plans, joining forces with a resentful imperial consort and persuading the commander of the imperial guards to switch sides, steadily dismantling the foundations of imperial power.

The young emperor, driven to desperation, sends his private troops to hunt him down, frames him for rebellion, and takes hostages to threaten him? Xiao Cheng meets him with a cold laugh: “Want to fight dirty? I’ll play along to the very end!”

From their face-off in the Golden Throne Hall to a secret alliance in Willow Leaf Alley, he sweeps aside every obstacle with decisive force, until the once-arrogant emperor is reduced to a prisoner.

But after the dragon is slain, the throne stands empty. The former empress’s ambitious gaze and the undercurrents stirring at court both make one thing clear: this game of power has only just begun...