Great Tang: I, Di Yan, Lie Flat Until the Empress Exposes Me

After transmigrating to the Tang Dynasty, Di Yan only wants to lie around and enjoy a carefree life. Who could have guessed that Empress Wu Zetian can actually hear his inner thoughts? “Wu Meiniang looks so good in that outfit today... Wait, could she be lusting after my brother?” The teacup in Wu Zetian’s hand shatters with a crack. From then on, Di Yan’s lazy life goes completely off course. On the surface, he’s a good-for-nothing who can’t even manage the proper courtesies. Behind the scenes, he becomes the empress’s “human lie detector.” The Five Surnames and Seven Clans are plotting something? He silently spoils the future in his head: “Those idiots are going to rebel tomorrow.” The Turks invade? He mutters to himself: “Just hit them head-on. What’s there to be scared of?” Then one day, he’s forced to take an official post. The entire court waits for a laugh, only to discover that this “good-for-nothing” can make scions of powerful clans apologize in the street and beat imperial relatives until they’re crawling on the ground. Di Yan is close to tears: “I just want to lie flat!” Wu Zetian smiles faintly. “Keep insulting them, dear minister. I enjoy it.”