Brother-in-Law, My Sister Wants You to Be Emperor

The day Bai Shengxue became acting magistrate and hundred-household commander of Ningcheng, the Hu cavalry arrived at the city gates.

All Bai Shengxue had wanted was to research delicious food and live out his days in carefree comfort.

Who could have guessed a silent warehouse would appear, forcing him to make trouble and withholding its supplies unless he did?

Forced by the Hu to defend the city, then driven to the brink of running out of ammunition and food by the 150,000-strong Xiliang army, he finally got the warehouse to cough up bullets and smoke grenades, along with cement, pistols, and gas cylinders.

He smashed chili powder bags into their faces, doused the ground with water so it froze beneath their horses' hooves, and sent iron canisters crashing down from hot-air balloons.

The Hu still have no idea how they lost, and neither does Bai Shengxue. He only wanted to go back to the stove and smoke a cigarette.

The warehouse doesn't give things away for free. The less you want to act, the more it keeps you in a chokehold. The bigger the thing you're forced to accomplish, the more outrageous the reward.

The Empress makes a secret visit. The commander of the Jing'an Bureau throws himself into his arms. Those at court who can't stand him are lined up outside the Meridian Gate.

The Xiliang war begins: eight thousand defeat 150,000, and one man brings a nation to heel. The warehouse is still waiting for the next time he's pushed to the brink.

After the war, he returns to Ningcheng, ties on his apron, and gets back to making stir-fried pork.

Brother-in-law, my sister says she wants you to become emperor.

Bai Shengxue: "...Let me finish cooking this first."