Spoiling History: Emperors of Every Dynasty Lose Their Cool

Chen An, a history explainer and newly graduated online creator, unexpectedly binds himself to a livestream System called the Mirror of the Ages. From that moment on, he begins an extraordinary livestream for emperors across thousands of years of Chinese history! His viewers include Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Emperor Taizong of Tang, and Emperor Taizu of Ming: famous rulers destined to become legends. In front of Ying Zheng, Chen An recounts the Dune Palace upheaval that brought the Qin dynasty to an end after just two generations. To Liu Bang, he explains the remarkable yet bittersweet tale of an ordinary man’s rise to power. Before Emperor Wen of Sui, he reveals how the invention of the imperial examination system was linked to the dynasty’s inevitable collapse after just two generations. With knowledge and perspectives that transcend his era, Chen An stirs up a storm across the endless ages, earning incredible rewards as proud emperors react with shock, anger, and reflection at what the future holds. Yet this conversation across time not only changes Chen An’s fate, it also seems to quietly set the wheels of history in motion…