Chen Ziyang transmigrated into the body of the second son of the Vice Minister of Revenue, wanting only to fit in with his family and find affection.
But his father showed him no love, and his mother wanted nothing to do with him. From the start, they planned to make him take the blame for his older brother and send him to prison.
Chen Ziyang kicked his father aside and severed ties with the family. By a twist of fate, he took over a tavern owned by the Empress, who was traveling incognito, and became her employee.
He brewed fine liquor, invented hot pot, plagiarized novels, and trained an idol girl group. Business boomed.
In his spare time, he commented on affairs of state and teased the Empress and her beautiful guards. To his surprise, his casual pontificating actually came true in the capital of Great Chu.
Later, he was forcibly inducted into the imperial harem. Not only did he have to deal with treacherous ministers within the palace and barbarian tribes beyond its borders, and wage wars to conquer the realm, he also had to help the Empress manage the harem and tame all her beauties...