This book is mainly more about how a modern person, filled with modernised thinking and knowledge of the 21st century transmigrates into someone from ancient times.

However, his identity is someone of the imperial family, and we all know how it is to grow up in the imperial harem. Even we know how bad the fights are from our shows, and that is exactly what our MC knows too. But our MC was blessed with a fortunate life during his first life and as someone who had experienced death before and is now given this chance of a second life, it feels like his rebirth. So why not, he could enjoy it his new life happily by avoiding the most obvious pit, fighting to be the next Emperor.

Having a modernised thinking greatly helps too; he's like a breath of fresh air in the harem, and slowly influencing each corner of the palace. He makes different types of relationships with each member of his new family, including his parents, brothers and also the people living inside the harem. Feels like a dream, isn't it? When he didn't turned out to be an obvious threat to his brothers or others by desiring the throne, you'll find out how amiable other people are.

However, as time started to go by, it wasn't just our MC that had gotten older. Even the emperor couldn't avoid time. The real motive why each one of them started to fight amongst each other, for the throne. While our MC had left the fight early on, he was still very close with some brothers. And they were all from the Imperial Clan, to get something meant you had to bet something of your own, for the throne, they were betting it all. No one could just leave the fight, each one of them had people to fight for; their mothers, wives and even their children. Trying to carelessly leave meant putting them in danger and none of them wanted to risk it. The fight has finally begun.

Through our MC's eyes, this whole fight was vicious but even he couldn't do anything to stop it. Everyone had their own path of life to walk on as they were the ones who chose it. His neutral position had protected him but as he watched the people he loved dying one after another, not even he could remain the same after this.

When he became the Emperor, he had more responsibilities to think about. His life, his family's, and now even his citizens. It was true that his influence has changed some people, but even he wasn't immune from getting influenced by their times in ancient china. His modern knowledge had made sure he knew of the consequences of being light hearted during these times. To protect his loved ones, perhaps he made some cruel decisions, but if he didn't, it would result in them getting eaten. In this dog eat dog world, no one was truly safe.

Secretly, the best part about the story in the interactions between him and his Father Emperor (if it was in modern times, his father would really need to take blood pressure pills everyday), him and his mom too (yes she does change, and she's really cute) and then with his other sibings (God I really do love each and every one of them) and also with the court ministers.

I can't get over the character deaths, all of them are so tragic, the author is really cruel, they made sure to write about each and every character their good points their bad points, their motivations and so you get attached to them and when they do die it's just so sad

The Crown Prince is the first death as he commits su*cide as he didn't get support from the subjects as the next crown prince and the other contenders manipulated as such that he thought that his father also disapproved of him when it was not the case at all and his father wanted him and only him to get the throne, he doesn't even get to know that when he dies

The fourth prince didnt have much of a part but the moment he dies is when he decides to do an act of kindness and gets betrayed, he was a sweet guy

The sixth prince worked so so hard being cautious and diligent at the cost of his own health that even though he become the emperor he had been crowned only 2 years and had grown dependant on drugs because of his bad health after he dies, the consensus was that he was a cruel king when even though we as readers can see how hard he worked for everything

The emperor is a man of his times, feudalistic but it's so clear how much he loves the MC and and the crown prince as well, as emperor we can also see that he is cruel to his other sons as he only wished for the Crown Prince to get the throne and no one else

Sixth Prince's son Ye Jin was such a sweet little boy, weak in health always trying to be a good emperor following his father diligence even though he was only 10, sat on the throne for such a short time and died of the plague, he requested not to be buried even though he was a emperor only because he wanted to set and example that person's afflicted by the plague need to be burned 😭😭😭😭

Crown Prince's son Ye Xun was my last straw really, he's a character we see since he was three years old following ye shuo the MC, we see him grow up basically and he was the MC's most favourite nephew as well, we see when him when his father died and he was demoted and we see him when he plans treason to kill the MC

I know I should be less biased and not let character deaths affect my rating but I am only human

No siblings can touch him because his manner and protection of his father

Never imagine X.. Want to kill MC just because of the throne, of course not success