Yu Wang is a stunt double. One day, he dies in an accident while acting, and wakes up as the identically named senior disciple of the He He Sect.
His junior brother sees him wake and cries, "Senior Brother, you're finally awake! The emperor has been waiting for days!"
Yu Wang: "???"
From his junior brother, Yu Wang learns that their He He Sect specializes in disguises. They are about to enter the palace to serve the emperor, and if they do a bad job, the sect will be doomed.
Yu Wang understands. The emperor, after all, values his life above all else. It's only natural he'd find someone to disguise as him and take his place as a scapegoat.
He tries disguising himself as the leading lady from his last show.
Perfect. His former body's skills are still there.
Full of confidence, he enters the palace to meet the emperor. Just as he is about to disguise himself as the emperor, he is dressed in wedding robes and made to perform the marriage rites with him.
What is going on?
Yu Wang is stunned.
But what stuns him even more is that from then on, every month he has to disguise himself as someone else and marry the emperor. No matter whose name the emperor draws, Yu Wang has to take on the appearance of that consort, enter the appropriate bedchamber through a secret passage, and pretend to spend the night with him.
As the emperor's harem keeps growing, Yu Wang has had enough. While the emperor is away on a military campaign and the palace is in chaos, he packs his things and sneaks out.
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The Xian Dynasty is ruled by the Empress Dowager, while foreign tribes lurk beyond its borders like wolves and tigers.
As emperor, Qi Sili has to tread carefully at every turn.
One day, the Empress Dowager secretly instructs her ministers to pressure him into taking consorts.
Qi Sili understands. She thinks he has grown too powerful to control and wants him to marry and have an heir, then put the child on the throne while he is still young.
He pretends to give in and says he wants to take the woman he loves as his consort.
The Empress Dowager agrees, and Qi Sili summons Yu Wang, a master of disguise, to play the role of his beloved and marry him.
But when the Empress Dowager sees that Yu Wang's belly shows no sign of growing, she forces Qi Sili to marry one consort after another.
Only when word arrives that the border is in danger does Qi Sili announce that he will personally lead a military campaign, finally putting an end to the monthly additions to his harem.
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A cool and aloof emperor who is warm-hearted beneath the surface, seme x a reluctant cross-dressing slacker, uke
Theme: The importance of having a valuable skill