The Magistrate Married the Empress

A modern merchant, Xu Ansheng, transmigrates to become the magistrate of Taoyuan County. He prospers trade to strengthen the realm and refuses to exorbitant taxes, drawing the empress to visit incognito.The two gradually fall in love in secret. The treacherous Marquis Anle repeatedly plots against the empress and sows discord between them. Believing the empress dead, Xu Ansheng raises troops to pacify the capital turmoil, crushing the conspiracy and rescuing her.He declines the offer to rule the empire side by side with her, returns to Taoyuan, and is conferred the title of First-Rank Magistrate.