Great Tang: Li Chengqian Turns the Tables with a Thousand Years of Memories

In the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, Li Chengqian fell from his horse and broke his leg, then was kept outside Xuanwu Gate for a full hour. Two years later, his rebellion failed, and he was exiled to Qianzhou, where he died in the eighteenth year of Zhenguan.

In the final moment before his death, a soul from later generations failed to possess him, but left behind a thousand years of memories. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the fourteenth year of Zhenguan. His leg was not beyond saving yet, and there was still time.

First, he dealt with the people in the Eastern Palace who were secretly working against him. He had Hegan Chengji kneel for three days and nights, nearly freezing to death, and put Zhang Sizheng under close surveillance. When Yu Zhining advised him not to renovate the Eastern Palace, he said, “I am ill,” then steered the conversation toward Indian bone-setting techniques, making the old minister forget why he had come. When Li Tai pressured him in court to hurry along and test his injured leg, Li Chengqian turned the tables and branded him “unbrotherly.” The looks of every official in court changed.

Yan Liben saw through the trick: Li Chengqian's leg had not healed; he was using a mechanism for support. Changsun Wuji realized for the first time that his nephew had changed. While Li Tai was still compiling the Geography of the Empire to win people's hearts, Li Chengqian was quietly honing a sword. He would not rebel or pretend to be sick. He would sit firmly on the throne of Crown Prince, then make everyone who betrayed him come back and kneel, one by one.

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