Transmigrating to the Qing Dynasty: Rewriting Western Opera and Saving an Aristocratic Clan

Jia Liu transmigrates into the Qing Dynasty under Emperor Qianlong as a Han Bannerman. His ancestors were prominent, but all he has inherited are an empty title and a meager stipend. The family's sole heir, he is good at neither letters nor martial arts.

Then one day, a modern soul takes over this wastrel's body, and Jia Liu pulls out a new play he wrote after staying up all night: The Trial of Galileo by Three Courts. Cardinals sit in judgment, Copernicus waves a horsetail whisk, and Bruno calls out to the East, "Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager!" He turns Western scientific history into an absurd comedy about the Qing Empire's domination of Rome. The troupe leader demands 260 taels before agreeing to stage it. Jia Liu does not even blink. "I'll bring the money by dawn tomorrow."

He goes straight home to steal the land deeds, pawn his official badge, and borrow from loan sharks. The proud name of his Yunqiwei rank is his collateral. At worst, once the Empress Dowager enjoys the show, he'll pay it all back tenfold with the silver Emperor Qianlong rewards him. The Bannerman circles are rotten to the core. If he wants to turn things around, he has to take the wildest path.

Jia Daquan grabs him and rushes toward the commandant's office. "Our family is about to be struck from the rolls!" Jia Liu runs along, grinning. "So what if we're struck off? Once Galileo is performed at Shoukang Palace, all of Beijing will be kneeling and calling me Master Jia."

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