A Commoner Becomes Chancellor: I Rise to Power After Coming Back from the Dead

When Cheng Zipei woke up, he had become a short-lived scholar who had just breathed his last in a coffin, with the deadly Qianji Yin poison coursing through him. Enemies were out to seize his property and bully his wife, while a hidden hand lurked behind the scenes. Cheng Zipei faked his own resurrection in the coffin, scaring off the villains. He used his medical skills to suppress the poison, then set a trap that made them pay in blood. But the mastermind behind it all kept closing in, determined to kill him at every turn. Cheng Zipei countered every move and advanced with caution. When northern invaders struck, he helped the county magistrate defend the city. He joined the Imperial Guards, investigating the source of the poison, catching smugglers, battling corrupt officials, and executing greedy magistrates. He was the Crown Prince’s tutor and the new emperor’s favorite minister. At court, he reformed corrupt policies with an iron fist. At a single command, heads rolled. He was Cheng the Butcher, whose name struck terror into people’s hearts, and Cheng the Just, who spoke up for the people. He had set out simply to stay alive, but step by step, this fallen scholar forced his way into the imperial court and stirred up a storm.