A General Buys Off the Civil Officials, but Do I Really Have to Take the Throne?

"A military commander buys his way into an official post? What, you want to sit on the throne too?"

"Well, now that you mention it, I might as well give it a try."

Zhou Yu found himself in a dead end from the start.

The original body's spoiled, profligate owner had bought an official post and become the Crown Prince's tutor.

But Zhou Yu came from a military family. Wouldn't holding both military and civil power make him look like he was plotting a rebellion?

His marquis father chased him with a knife, while a powerful eunuch pressured him to pick a side.

Faced with all this, Zhou Yu, a literature scholar, picked up his brush and composed poetry.

One poem dazzled the Rakshasa Princess, and four more won over foreign envoys.

Yet with corruption rotting the court and the dynasty on the brink of collapse, Zhou Yu's countless methods only made the foolish emperor more wary.

Until one day, the Rakshasa Princess whispered at his bedside, "Take his place!"

In just three years, the world was transformed. Zhou Yu sat on the throne with his beloved wife in his arms.

"I really don't want to be emperor!"