The second year of Yuanfeng.
Emperor Wu of Han feared the power of his maternal relatives, and Crown Prince Liu Ju was far too obsessed with strange inventions and clever devices.
He planned to fake his own death to eliminate his rivals and ensure the dynasty's smooth succession.
The protagonist had transmigrated as a child into the most tragic scapegoat in history, Crown Prince Liu Ju.
He truly believed that Emperor Wu, the strongest carbon-based life-form humanity had ever known, had died ahead of schedule.
And with Emperor Wu dead, the throne would naturally pass to him.
But then,
the witchcraft disaster broke out ahead of schedule.
Before Emperor Wu passed away, he meant to stab Empress Wei Zifu to death.
All the ministers and vassal kings didn't want me to inherit the throne?
Then behold the Imperial Guards I've built!
By the time Emperor Wu realized what was happening, the Han Empire had changed beyond recognition. He, the mighty emperor of the ages, had been reduced to a figurehead!
“What? Liu Ju wiped out all the opposition?”
“Where did he get an army?”
“He's even sidelined Emperor Wu. What gives him the right?”
“No marriage alliances, no reparations, the emperor guards the realm's borders, and the ruler dies for his country! Is he going to wage war recklessly again?”
“He's abolished the enfeoffment system, scrapped the recommendation system, and ended the state's monopoly on salt and iron. The treasury's going to be drained!”
“And now he wants to keep reforming and sail overseas?”
As time went by, Emperor Wu suddenly realized:
How had the Han become so powerful?
Oh, right. It wasn't my Han, it was my son's!
