The moment Zhao Yuanzhe opens his eyes, he finds himself reborn as the newborn sixth prince of the Great Sheng Dynasty.
His mother, Consort Ning Xiangyi, is beautiful but meek. Giving birth to him earned her only the rank of Third-Rank Noble Lady, and everyone in the palace can walk all over her. Just as he thinks he’s destined to be an invisible prince, the [System of Eternal Wise Emperors] binds itself to him. Main quest: ascend the throne and usher in a golden age.
He bursts out laughing on the spot. The eldest prince’s maternal grandfather commands a powerful army, the second prince is the empress’s legitimate son, the third prince’s mother is the emperor’s undisputed favorite, and even the fifth prince outranks him in every way. What chance does a baby have?
The System immediately gives him a beginner’s gift pack: mind-reading at the maximum level, plus overpowered items like Hundred-Spirit Pills and Marrow-Cleansing Pills that drop at random as he progresses.
The next moment, countless inner thoughts flood his mind:
“Lady Ning is a pushover. We can dock her allowance, and she won’t dare complain.”
“Consort Liu ordered us to find a chance to make the sixth prince die in infancy.”
“The second prince is the empress’s legitimate son. No one gets to take the crown prince’s position.”
A glint of coldness flashes in Zhao Yuanzhe’s round eyes. A pushover? Just wait, and he’ll show them what a baby warrior can do.
The palace maids skimmed the allowance? Beat them to death and sell off their families. The consorts plotted against him? Expose them in advance and ruin their reputations. The princes vie for the throne? He hears every one of their schemes loud and clear.
From then on, the Great Sheng palace has a baby no one dares to cross. He protects his soft-hearted mother as she turns the tables and rises to become Empress Dowager, uses his mind-reading to defeat the palace’s consorts, and crushes every other prince.
Years later, Zhao Yuanzhe stands over the empire in his imperial robes. Only then do the court officials realize in shock that the least remarkable sixth prince had been the true chosen dragon all along.
