You Call Me a Puppet Emperor, But I Insist on Sitting on This Throne!

A modern office worker unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Xiao Che, the notoriously powerless puppet emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty. With real authority held firmly by the Empress Dowager and the Regent, Xiao Che endures constant manipulation, subsists on meager rations, and suffers humiliation even from lowly palace servants. Pushed to his breaking point, he publicly defies his oppressors, activating an Emperor’s Counterattack System that grants him supernatural abilities, including the strength to lift a cauldron, an impenetrable Golden Bell Shield, and eyes capable of seeing through illusions. Xiao Che immediately asserts his dominance by intimidating the treacherous chief eunuch Wang Zhen and punishing arrogant maids. In a bold move to provoke the Empress Dowager, he sends her a box containing bloody broken teeth mixed with filth, escalating tensions within the palace. Enraged, the Empress Dowager secretly orders the commander of the Dragon Guard to assassinate him during the night. However, Xiao Che foresees the plot and ventures into the military camp under cover of darkness to recruit Zhao Long, the disgruntled deputy commander. By turning the tables on his enemies and systematically dismantling the factions controlling the court, the once-timid emperor begins his ruthless rise to reclaim absolute imperial power.