Episode 1 of 65

They Tried to Kill the Emperor

65 episodes · originally on Stardust TV · English

Starving in a prison cell, the emperor remembered his own dismemberment, then woke up with a system and a grudge.

Why watch

  • A system cheat turns a doomed emperor into a real threat
  • The Empress chooses his side against the Dowager's court
  • Every conspiracy he survives costs the regent another ally

Story

Shattock wakes as Emperor Ling of Great Xia, a ruler everyone has already written off. The Empress Dowager holds the court, his allies are gone, and history says he starves in a cell before being executed piece by piece.

He refuses that script. A system gives him an edge, and he uses it to chip away at the Empress Dowager's grip, one ally and one conspiracy at a time. Along the way the Empress takes his side, and his quiet rise turns into open confrontation. The court has tried to kill him once already, and this time he is the one hunting.

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