Catherine and the Black Emperor

"If I live to be two hundred, all of Europe will grovel at my feet!" When Zhou Mingrui, a history whiz, travels back to 1744 Russia and encounters a young Catherine the Great, the historical panorama of the 18th century is thrown into turmoil and grandeur. Loyal servants, little-known secrets, chilling bullets… Sergei Saltykov is no longer just a fleetingly mentioned, romantic duke in history. He is Catherine the Great's lifelong love, the mastermind behind the Russian court, and the instigator of peasant uprisings. He is also the Black Emperor, feared by royalty and nobility throughout Europe! … "History changed because of me." "I am not an ambitious man, but a schemer." "The trajectory is unshakeable." Sergei wrote his final words.