The Hilarious Rise of an Empress

"Use stand-up comedy to play the game of politics, and bizarre videos to bring the realm to heel. The current empress's style left the court historians pulling their hair out for eight hundred years."

Xie Wugou hugged a tub of popcorn as she sold broadcast rights in the enemy camp to fund the army.

At her coronation, she yawned at the imperial seal. "Everyone, I only have three hundred years' worth of jokes left in my stockpile. Better hurry up and laugh."

History calls it the "Age of Rule by Laughter."