I'm a Useless Prince, Yet from the Start I Snatched Hu Hai's Throne

[Transmigration + Historical Power Fantasy + System-Based + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger]

He transmigrates into the body of Ying Rui, the thirteenth prince of Great Qin, and gets the hellish difficulty setting from the start.

His father, Ying Zheng, has faked his death. Zhao Gao is forging an imperial edict in the palace,

and Hu Hai is already impatient to ascend the throne, while the whole court waits to kneel before its new ruler.

And he, the universally acknowledged good-for-nothing prince of Xianyang, is lounging with a beauty in his arms, eating grapes.

Then, at last, the System speaks

[Ultimate Main Quest: Forge a Great Qin dynasty that will last ten thousand years.]

[Stage Quest: Stop Zhao Gao from altering the imperial edict.]

[Reward: Three thousand Imperial Guards.]

He pushes away his wine cup, strips off his finery, and walks out of the Drunken Immortal Tower.

At the palace gates, Hu Hai blocks his way with a smug look.

“Thirteenth Brother, what are you here for?”

Ying Rui raises a hand and slaps him.

The entire place falls silent.

Hu Hai clutches his cheek in shock. “You dare hit me?”

“Father's body is barely cold, and you're already celebrating. That slap was on Father's behalf.”

Inside the bedchamber, Zhao Gao sneers and orders, “Seize this good-for-nothing!”

A maid in green steps forward with a spear, piercing a peak Grandmaster with one thrust, then pinning Zhao Gao through the collarbone with another.

Deep within a secret hall, Ying Zheng shatters his teacup, his face dark with fury.

“The Imperial Seal has been stolen?”

“Investigate! Find out who did it!”

Meanwhile, standing before the dragon bed, Ying Rui speaks softly to the “body of his father.”

“I'll walk the road you never finished.”