Shao Yi died and was snatched by a system to become an emperor in ancient times… or more accurately, a tyrant. Because the last emperor of the Shaoyue Dynasty had just ascended the throne when he tripped over a threshold and died. Shao Yi, his parallel-world counterpart and fellow tyrant, was dragged in by the system to maintain historical continuity. System: *You just need to act like the tyrant in history, destroy the Shaoyue Dynasty, and I’ll send you back to revive.* Shao Yi: *Tbh, I’m not that eager to come back to life.* System: *…PLEASE QAQ* Anyway, after the system’s desperate wailing and to avoid the world deviating from history and collapsing, Shao Yi began his path to tyranny. But being a tyrant wasn’t that easy. Shao Yi gazed at the court officials whose faces screamed *“I’m reliable”* and fell into deep thought. How on earth did his other self manage to wreck this country? System: *See the first minister to your left? The original tyrant started by executing him.* Shao Yi: *…I don’t kill people. I’m a lawful citizen under socialism. Since he looks cultured, I’ll send him to the border.* Ten months later. *"REPORT!!! Minister Qin has conquered thirteen cities of the Dazhen Kingdom, stormed the royal capital, and captured their king!!!"* Shao Yi / System: *…* Shao Yi: *Never mind, next one. Who should I target now?* System: *The third one on your right—the tyrant had him executed by slow slicing.* Shao Yi: *Too brutal, no way. I’ll exile him to a poor county as a magistrate. Nothing can go wrong there.* Half a year later. *"REPORT!!!! A plague broke out in Pinghu County, but Magistrate Yuan mobilized merchants and doctors to cure it!!!"* Shao Yi / System: *…* Shao Yi: *System, any other ideas?* System: *…See that top scholar in front of you? If you humiliate him until he despises you, he’ll plot your downfall for the new emperor.* Shao Yi: *Easy! I can do this!* So, the emperor held a grand wedding… marrying the top scholar as his empress. Three months later, Shao Yi crawled out of bed: *System, I think this is his way of trying to kill me.* System: *…I’m already dead.* Shao Yi: *C’mon, in a way, the mission is complete. The last emperor of Shaoyue had no heir because he married a man—sounds historically accurate.* System: *SCREW YOU!!!*