Yu Zhao transmigrates and becomes Yu Zhao, the eleventh prince of the fictional Yu Dynasty.
His mother's clan is in decline, the emperor is inept, the princes are ambitious, and powerful families and foreign enemies are ready to make their move.
With everything stacked against him from the start, his golden finger, the Merit System, makes a bold declaration: Fight for the throne! Take the crown! Build a golden age!
Yu Zhao is fired up: "All right!"
But the very next day, his disgraced eldest brother, the former crown prince, openly presents a lump of honeycomb coal at a banquet.
Yu Zhao: ?
On the third day, the seventh prince, who had been unconscious for half a month with a sudden illness, wakes up perfectly fine and mutters, "This time, I will surely..."
Yu Zhao: ??
Later on...
The spoiled son of the Left Chancellor astonishes everyone at the palace examinations, and his masterwork, "On the Relationship Between Productive Forces and Relations of Production," spreads throughout the capital.
At the little princess's first-birthday celebration, the new top scholar's inner thoughts ring out for everyone to hear: "Gossip System, hurry up and tell us more! Whose scarlet mandarin-duck bellyband is that Left Vice Minister wearing?"
A sky screen suddenly appears above the palace: [Greetings, viewers! Today, we'll talk about how Emperor Xuanzu became an emperor for the ages amid the struggle for supremacy.]
Completely numb, Yu Zhao counts on his fingers: a science student, an arts student, someone reborn, audible inner thoughts, a gossip System, a sky screen, someone who transmigrated into a book... Then he looks at the Merit System, which gives him ten merit points for doing one good deed a day and promptly goes back to sleep.
Yu Zhao ponders for a moment. "This world is too nuts. How about we don't fight for the throne?"
Merit System: "Wait a little longer."
Yu Zhao, puzzled: "Wait for what?"
As soon as the words leave his mouth, his mother concubine tears through the void and arrives with a sword: "Who dares stand in my son's way to becoming the Human Emperor? I'll cut them down with one strike!"
Yu Zhao: !
#The crazier, the better!
Theme: Stay true to yourself
The Celestial Master Is Truly a Paragon of Virtue!
Public Relations Director, but at Wayne Enterprises
[Western Crossover] Who's Best at Stealing Tires?
[Western Crossover] No Broadcasting the Inner Thoughts of a Fanfic Fangirl
[Western Crossover] Don't Go on Exchange to the Bat-Family!
[Western Crossover] How to Get a Happy Ending with an Owl After Dying Three Times
Batkid, but in Stardew Valley
Western Crossover: My Years as the Justice League’s Financial Advisor
[Western Crossover] There’s No Way My Brooding Boss Could Be My Sweetheart