Conquering the Red Chamber: I’m Baoyu, So What Have I to Fear?

(No System, no cultivation, just a complete subversion. If you’re devoted to Dream of the Red Chamber, read with caution. I don’t want you accusing me of whitewashing the Jia family.) He transmigrates into Dream of the Red Chamber as Big-Faced Bao. Jia Ying, who had lacked a family in his previous life, now wonders how to help the Jia family survive the crisis and keep his loved ones safe. But he has no idea that the seemingly ordinary Jia family is full of secrets: Grandmother Jia’s kind expression is only a mask; Jia Jing’s alchemy and Daoist cultivation are a way to evade disaster; Jia She’s incompetence, Jia Zhen’s debauchery, and Jia Lian’s greed are all disguises. Even Jia Fu of the Eastern Mansion only faked his death. Jia Baoyu is bewildered, but fortunately he becomes the disciple of two demigods of the age, one ethereal and one obscure. He secretly trains in martial arts at night, feigns illness to escape and join the army, fights the Xiongnu and Quanrong, drives off Japanese pirates along the coast, and enters the imperial court, challenging the demigod Emperor Jing above and taking on the censors and officials below. He swears to protect the Jia family, no matter what. Gazing northwest, I take aim at the Celestial Wolf. I will rebuild the heavenly palace. Wait for me: I’ll make the mountains our matchmaker and the rivers and seas our betrothal gifts, then welcome you in phoenix coronet and bridal robes, and repay you for every tear you’ve shed in this life.