The Tang Palace Son-in-Law: The Princess Asks Me to Invent Things

Shen Zhao, a modern engineering student, opens his eyes to find that he has transmigrated into the Tang Dynasty as a live-in son-in-law, bound to the willful and capricious Princess Taiping, Li Mingyue. Faced with the princess's endless provocations and the court's scorn, he appears timid but uses his modern engineering knowledge to spark a wave of invention in the Tang palace: improving farming tools, building telescopes, and developing gunpowder, astonishing the court at every turn.

Li Mingyue is full of disdain when they first meet, but gradually finds herself drawn to his imaginative ideas and hidden talents. Her contempt turns to affection, and her true feelings begin to show. Her maid Liu Ruoyan quietly helps him, secretly falling for him. Retired general Wang Xuance recognizes his talent and offers him his full support. Prince of Linzi Li Longji sees his potential, and the two become allies.

But the road ahead is full of obstacles. The powerful Wu Sansi covets the position of royal son-in-law and repeatedly schemes against him. The Crown Prince's close aide Qin Mo harbors murderous intentions. Tibetan envoy Agula covets the gunpowder technology, sparking a technological rivalry between the Tang and Tibet. And then Su Wanwan, his childhood sweetheart who also transmigrated here, appears, leaving his heart torn between two choices.

Shen Zhao wields invention as his blade and strategy as his shield, maneuvering carefully through the treacherous court. He protects the people he loves, turns his life around, and writes a tale of invention, love, and hatred as a Tang palace son-in-law.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events or people is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.