Sunset Over Great Tang

In his later years, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, watched the royal heirs fight tooth and nail for the position of crown prince. His son Li Zhi was too timid to bother competing, so Li Shimin simply made him crown prince outright. Li Shimin wasn't worried that Li Zhi would oppress his siblings. His only concern was whether Li Zhi could govern the empire. So, in his later years, he asked Yuan Tiangang to divine the fate of the Tang Dynasty. Yuan Tiangang said in his reading, "The day pigs climb trees will be the day the Tang Dynasty falls." Li Shimin thought, Could a pig climb a plum tree? Impossible. But a group of teachers and students from the countryside overturned his expectations, and finally showed the Tang Dynasty its setting sun.

It began with chrysanthemums and ended with chrysanthemums. The city was filled with golden armor. Huang Chao finally captured Chang'an, and Zhu Wen finally defeated the Tang Dynasty!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.