Harem & Conspiracies: Emperor's Edition

About this drama

"Modern Xiao Da accidentally transmigrates into the role of a tyrannical emperor of the Q Kingdom and gains the ability to read minds. Upon waking, Xiao Da discovers that the court is entirely controlled by Chancellor Fan Yun and Grand Marshal Xie Yao—a corrupt regime with the empire on the brink of collapse. Fan Yun seeks to install Prince Xiao Bu as the new ruler, while Xie Yao, leveraging his status as a royal in-law, aims to become regent. Meanwhile, the empress wants her son to inherit the throne so she can rule from behind the scenes. Adhering to the principle ""If I have no morals, no one can use morality to restrain me,"" Xiao Da decides to double down on his ""tyrant"" persona. Using an imperial consort selection as cover, he elevates Liu Qing, Xie Yao's political rival, to power and seizes control of the imperial guards. When envoys from the W Kingdom arrive in the capital, Xiao Da, defying convention and aided by his mind-reading ability, crushes their provocations in one stroke. Forced into a corner, Fan Yun resorts to killing the witnesses, and Xiao Da capitalizes on the chaos to establish the Western Bureau (a secret police force). Faced with Xiao Da’s relent