Empress: Your Majesty, Please Show Some Restraint. I Don't Want a Promotion

After an unexpected transmigration, Lu Chen gets a bizarre System that makes him stronger whenever he is demoted. Being dismissed from office or dying in the line of duty even lets him ascend on the spot. So he starts doing everything he can to get himself killed, acting against every piece of official wisdom.

He picks fights with people nobody else dares to provoke and takes on jobs nobody else dares to handle!

And yet…

The Empress: “Minister Lu, you are the only one I trust!”

The officials: “Lord Lu fears no powerful men. He speaks frankly, dares to offer remonstrations, and takes on responsibility. A true pillar of the realm!”

The people: “The Great Xia Empire has lasted a thousand years, but Lord Lu is the only one who has ever truly worked for the welfare of common folk like us!”

The foreign tribes in every direction: “As long as Lu Chen remains in court, we will never set foot in Great Xia!”

Lu Chen: “…”