Stop Praising Me! I'm Really a Tyrant

Xiao Qingyan transmigrated into the construction game she'd been playing and became the tyrannical empress of the Great Yan dynasty.

Watching the officials of the court kneel and tremble before her, she was more nervous than a dog. According to the game's plot, in a year she'd be assassinated, skinned, dismembered, and executed by slow slicing.

Luckily, she'd bound herself to a Tyrant System. As long as she maintained her tyrant persona and died at the hands of rebels, she could take ten billion yuan back to the modern world and make a name for herself.

Xiao Qingyan promptly switched into tyrant mode:

She ordered roads built across the country, forcing the people to work without pay. If they failed to finish, she'd have their heads chopped off!

She forcibly recruited handsome men from across the realm into her harem. Anyone who dared resist would have their entire clan wiped out!

She even ordered the execution of the mighty General Who Guarded the Nation, implicating his subordinate soldiers as well!

After a series of maneuvers, Xiao Qingyan secretly congratulated herself. A female emperor as brutal and bloodthirsty as her would be overthrown in no time!

Who could have guessed that everything would spiral completely out of control

“Your Majesty has built waterways, opened up canal transport, and benefited agriculture. Not only has she ensured everyone has enough to eat, she's also drawn merchants from all over the realm, filling the treasury!”

Xiao Qingyan: I only did that so they'd have the strength to rise up in rebellion...

“Your Majesty recruited handsome men from across the realm into the palace and let them come and go freely. It turns out she did it to select worthy talents. They're all pillars of the state, governing the country and securing peace!”

Xiao Qingyan: I was waiting for them to feel so humiliated they'd come assassinate me...

“Your Majesty executed the General Who Guarded the Nation, but secretly had a fine general in reserve, whom she sent to defend the border and catch the enemy off guard!”

Xiao Qingyan: I was waiting for him to lead his former troops to the capital and purge the court in the emperor's name...

The people were moved to tears with gratitude, the officials swore to follow her to the death, and even the handsome men she'd forcibly recruited into her harem had tears in their eyes. “Your Majesty is a brilliant and farsighted ruler. For the rest of our lives, we will serve only Your Majesty, even at the cost of our lives!”

Xiao Qingyan watched the ten billion yuan drift farther and farther away, while her harem grew livelier by the day. She clutched her kidneys and broke down. “Stop praising me! I'm really a tyrant!”

Theme: Build the nation through infrastructure.