After dying suddenly from overwork, corporate drone Li You transmigrates to the crumbling Great Xia dynasty. He becomes a son-in-law married into the royal family as a “good-luck groom,” despised by everyone and wed to the dynasty’s most domineering princess, the Guardian of the Nation. Just when all hope seems lost, he binds himself to the [Lie Flat and Strengthen the Nation System]. As long as he slacks off, gives up, and enjoys life, he earns “Lie-Flat Points,” which he can exchange for world-changing technology, supplies, and talent.
To lie flat in peace for the rest of his life, Li You is forced to “work hard” at slacking off. At court, while the officials fret over state affairs, he sleeps soundly, and the System rewards him with potatoes that yield a thousand catties per mu. When enemy troops reach the borders and soldiers fight in blood, he barbecues in the backyard, and the System rewards him with advanced steelmaking techniques and crossbow blueprints. As the inner palace fills with plots and schemes, he buries himself in music, and the System directly exposes the mastermind.
With an endless stream of modern memes and outrageous antics, Li You perfectly maintains his image as a “dimwitted but harmless” wastrel of a royal son-in-law in front of the court and all the beauties who cross his path. Behind the scenes, he turns his princess wife into an emperor for the ages and, along the way, transforms the storm-tossed Great Xia dynasty into an empire on which the sun never sets. He becomes history’s strongest and most dedicated slacker behind the scenes.
