Other people transmigrate and become emperors with the help of a System. He has ten years of experience memorizing the Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government.
Lin Zhao, a graduate student in history, woke up after transmigrating to find a corpse in dragon robes lying beside him.
The poisoned wine was still in his hand, and assassins were waiting outside the door to confirm his death. He had become the secret “shadow prince” of the Great Kang Dynasty, a puppet manipulated by three rival factions. The empress dowager wanted to control him, powerful ministers wanted to exploit him, and warlords wanted to depose him. Surviving the night was his first challenge.
Fortunately, he knew a thousand years’ worth of history, of dynasties rising and falling.
While others played at political intrigue, he used his knowledge to outclass them at the level of institutions. He relied neither on winning favor in the harem nor on overwhelming his enemies with gunpowder. Instead, he used the lessons of history to plan his every move, beginning with an escape from a sealed chamber and gradually taking the realm into his own hands.
He never expected that the hardest person to deal with would not be the old foxes at court, but the empress who laid her cards on the table with him on their wedding night...
