This is a legendary tale of changing one’s fate, a historical comeback across time and space. Su Yi, a modern graduate student in history, accidentally transmigrates to the Kangxi era while researching the Qing dynasty’s “Succession Struggle Among the Nine Princes,” becoming the Eighth Prince, Yinsi. In a court rife with power plays and conflict, he resolves to rewrite history, claim the throne, and usher in a new golden age for the Great Qing, relying on the wisdom and knowledge of a modern man. The Eighth Prince, Yinsi, was intelligent from childhood and beloved by Emperor Kangxi, yet in the tides of history, he lost to the Fourth Prince, Yinzhen. Now standing in his place, Su Yi faces the cunning Ninth Prince, the reckless Tenth Prince, the valiant Fourteenth Prince, and the Fourth Prince’s patience and ambition. How will he use modern thinking to rise above this brutal struggle for the throne? From his bewildered first days in the palace to his gradual ascent to the pinnacle of power; from reforms like building railways and lifting the maritime trade ban to contending with the Western powers; from the covert struggles between brothers to winning the allegiance of all under heaven. Su Yi, the Eighth Prince, must use his wisdom and courage not only to change his own fate, but also to build an empire for the Great Qing unlike any before it. This is a collision of history and modernity, a legend of wisdom, courage, and dreams. When the name of the Eighth Prince is written anew, the fate of the Great Qing will be rewritten as well. This is a story of defying fate, of how a modern man writes his own legend in an ancient imperial court.
