Isn't This Harem a Little Too Weird?

Q: What's worse than transmigrating into a short-lived, foolish, tyrannical emperor?

Jiang Qiao believes he's qualified to answer:

Transmigrating into a short-lived, blind, frail emperor who likes men, then returning to the modern world with the beautiful members of his harem whom he had forcibly taken for himself.

Jiang Qiao is an obscure idol in an obscure boy band in the domestic entertainment industry. He's gay and a bottom, and company rules force him to maintain an image of abstinence, leaving him to live like a Shaolin monk.

One day, he wakes up inside an emperor-simulation game as a short-lived emperor with poor eyesight and a frail constitution. So he

The aloof, chaste chancellor? Into the harem!

The beautiful top scholar? Into the harem!

His younger brother's beloved? Into the harem!

The gorgeous foreign envoy? Into the harem!

The handsome prince from the Western Regions? Into the harem!

Take them all! Take them all! Once they're in the harem, he loses himself and gets carried away!

And so he lived in luxury and debauchery for three years. After downing a cup of poisoned wine, he passed away in style, even stroking his favorite consort's hand before he died.

"You needn't have poisoned me yourself, my beloved," he said, hooking a finger around theirs. "A hand this lovely shouldn't be stained with blood."

**

After dying, Jiang Qiao returned to the real world and went back to his obscure, abstinent life.

Then a huge opportunity landed in his lap: the company sent him to be a tour guide on the hottest travel-themed dating show, paired with celebrities who were all famous and influential, rich or powerful!

But after he joined the show, strange things kept happening.

Every time he woke up, the alarm clock by his bed had moved.

There seemed to be unfamiliar scents in his closet.

Wherever he went, it felt as if someone was watching him with a burning gaze.

Strangest of all, strange marks kept appearing on his body.

Why?

Jiang Qiao looked at the guests. They chatted with one another as usual, as if nothing strange had happened to them.

"I told you, you scared him." The film emperor smiled, but his voice was seething with anger. "If you know what's good for you, get lost! Especially you. Do you really think the emperor remembers you, a mere Court Lady? He summoned you to his bed only once in three years!"

"His Majesty personally appointed me Noble Consort, and I'm of the highest noble lineage!" The capital's young master protested indignantly. "You're only a Consort. A consort is still a concubine, so how dare you monopolize His Majesty for two days in a row?"

"Isn't a Noble Consort still a concubine? Everyone knows His Majesty promoted you only because you took advantage of him when he was vulnerable, "

"Weren't you the one who refused him to the death back then? I was only helping His Majesty out!"

"Quiet! His Majesty will have breakfast in five minutes. Why haven't you prepared his favorite crab roe pastries yet?"

"I mean, those crab roe pastries are homemade by me. Try telling His Majesty they're from all of us again and see what happens!"

Host: Do you like the previous season or this one better?

Jiang Qiao (cautiously): The previous season, I guess.

Host: Why?

Jiang Qiao: Because everyone in the previous season was normal.

★Reader advisory:

1. Very dramatic and melodramatic. The bottom is a slow-witted airhead.

2. One-on-one romance in stages, with multiple men competing for love.

Theme: Treat everyone equally