Chu Wu transmigrates into the empress dowager of a small kingdom, bringing along a nation-building System. The ruler has just died, so she naturally becomes the Empress Dowager.
The country is poor and rundown, and the new emperor is only a five-year-old toddler. The System forces Chu Wu to imitate Empress Dowager Cixi and rule from behind the curtain.
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System: Strive for the great rejuvenation of your nation, Host!
Chu Wu: I'm out! I'm going to slack off.
System: Why?
Chu Wu: It's too early. I can't get up.
System: ...That's painfully relatable.
On the third day of court, the Empress Dowager announces that court is canceled because she can't get up.
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Under the System's intense resentment, Chu Wu begins her life of lazily shirking all responsibility.
Then, just at this moment, the powerful regent returns from his campaign after pacifying the northern frontier.
Regent: Your Majesty, today's government affairs are still unfinished. Where are you trying to hide this time?
Faced with mountains of memorials every day, Chu Wu only wants to lie around and do nothing. She decides to ruin the country as soon as possible so she can make her escape.
Chu Wu: Wei is brave and skilled in battle. I want to attack Wei.
System: Host, have you finally decided to expand the borders?
Chu Wu: No, I want to lose to them.
Dispatch from the front: The regent is valiant beyond compare. He has already captured twelve of the enemy's cities in a row.
Chu Wu: ?
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Chu Wu: System, I want to attack Qi. Qi is powerful, and its territory is twice as large as Chu's. There's no way I won't lose.
Dispatch from the front: The regent is a master strategist. He has routed the enemy with minimal casualties and captured twenty-eight of their cities.
Chu Wu: I have a few choice words, but I don't know if I should say them.
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Later...
Chu Wu attacks whoever looks strongest.
The regent wins every battle he fights.
Before anyone knows it, Chu has unified the world.
The territory keeps growing, there are more and more officials, and the memorials keep piling up.
Chu Wu: System, is it too late for me to have the regent executed?
System: I have a constructive suggestion.
Chu Wu: Let's hear it.
System: Marry him and have him take your place at court and handle your memorials! Then you can go back to slacking off!
Chu Wu: I think that could work.
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On the second day of her marriage, Chu Wu lies sprawled on the bed, aching all over.
Chu Wu: System, I'm going to have you executed! You liar! That man isn't human!
System: Mission complete. Ascending in glory. Hehe!
The regent lifts Chu Wu's chin with a playful touch and smiles wickedly. "Your Majesty, were you satisfied with my services last night?"
(A ridiculous novel with no logic. Don't overthink it.)
Synopsis screenshot taken on 2022.9.13
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