(The blurb is written in first person, the main text in third person.)
Ever since I ascended the throne, strange things have kept happening around me.
One day, I went out for a stroll and happened to rescue a little palace maid who was being bullied. The next day, she came to see me and presented me with some kind of world map. It gave me quite a fright.
At first, I thought I couldn't let someone like her stay. But the little palace maid said she only wanted to enter my harem and serve me. Then she started talking about a System and favorability levels, all things I couldn't understand!
Ridiculous! My harem can only have the Empress. How could I allow a demon like her into the palace? That very night, I went to discuss it with the Empress.
After discussing it, the Empress and I made the little palace maid a Jieyu concubine, to see if she had any use left.
Another time, while I was hunting, I accidentally shot a woman passing by. I felt guilty, so I let her stay in the palace for a few days to recover.
But then she came to me and said something about an assassin coming after me next month, and told me to station more guards.
Absurd! Are the guards who patrol the palace every day blind? How could an assassin get in? I went straight to tell the Empress.
The Empress actually believed that woman. The nerve!
A month later, an assassin really did show up, but the guards caught him right away. I asked the woman what reward she wanted, and she wanted to enter my harem too!
After discussing it, the Empress and I made her a Chongyi concubine.
And just like that, my harem kept growing. Wang Jieyu spends every day farming in the imperial gardens. Li Chongyi comes by every few days to report the natural disasters expected over the next few months. Sun Cairen spends all day arguing with people in her mind, and Zhao Shufei's so-called steam engine keeps me from sleeping at night!
Sigh. I clearly said from the start that the Empress would be the only one in my harem.
The Empress seems quite pleased, though.
I'm so annoyed. I'm going to lose my mind!
Reader's guide:
1. Slice-of-life ensemble cast.
2. One-on-one romance between the male and female leads.
Theme: Stay positive
