After Disguising Herself as a Man, She Became the Tyrant's One and Only

[Female-oriented + political intrigue and a strong heroine + unhinged comedy + humorous ensemble cast + everyone misreads the situation + subverting expectations + no romance, just an exhausting amount of push and pull between ruler and subject]

Ye Zhao wakes up to find herself transmigrated into the body of the shortest-lived young tyrant since the founding of the Great Liang dynasty.

Disguised as a man, she faces enemies at court on all sides. The treasury is so empty even rats have left, and the borders are besieged from every direction.

The System tells her that if the Great Liang falls, she can return to the modern world with a fortune in tow.

Eager to get home as soon as possible, Ye Zhao begins coming up with all kinds of ways to bring about her own downfall

She promotes a corrupt official who knows nothing but how to flatter people to chief minister?

He talks the enemy envoy around so thoroughly that they hand over three cities for free!

She puts the poorest beggar in the land in charge of the treasury?

The beggar invents double-entry bookkeeping, and the treasury grows tenfold in a year!

She launches a massive construction project to build the biggest brothel in the world?

She accidentally uncovers the Great Liang’s largest silver mine and even turns the brothel into an intelligence network!

She forcibly abducts handsome men off the street to fill her harem?

Every one she brings back turns out to be a renowned minister or general, and they spend every day fighting for the chance to be empress and help her rule!

Three years later, envoys from every nation come to pay tribute, and the rulers of enemy states kneel outside the palace hall, singing “I Surrender.”

Ye Zhao lies sprawled on the throne and wails: “I really only wanted the country to fall!”

The entire court drops to its knees, eyes brimming with tears: “Your Majesty has hidden your brilliance for three years and become an emperor for the ages. We would gladly die in your service!”

Ye Zhao: “…”

System: “…”

The System and its Host clutch each other and burst into tears.jpg