[No System] + [Native] + [One Heroine] + [Court Politics] + [Slow Burn]
A down-and-out, distant branch of a clan returns to its ancestral family.
It feels as though an unseen hand has been guiding him all along.
By seniority, he is even the emperor’s uncle, yet he seems like a chess piece, though he cannot tell whether he belongs to the great families or the emperor. But he does not want to be anyone’s pawn. He wants to do something for the people.
At seventeen, Li Hui goes from a timid, impoverished young man to a figure in the imperial court, step by step approaching the heart of power. What exactly happened?