If you could live forever, what would you most want to do? Rise through the ranks? Get rich? Enjoy fine wine? Beautiful women or handsome men? Even if you never grow old or die, you would still feel hunger and pain, and still have the full range of human emotions and desires.
This is the story of an immortal who lives through the tumultuous final years of the Ming and the entire Qing dynasty. After unexpectedly gaining an immortal physique while serving as one of Wu Sangui's personal guards, he survives a great battle on the brink of death. Changing his name and appearance, he enters the Qing palace as a guard and witnesses many major historical moments involving Dorgon, Shunzhi, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, Kangxi, and others. Later, he escapes the palace and devotes himself to healing the sick, traveling the land as an itinerant doctor. He then passes the imperial examinations held by Yongzheng and becomes an official, serving in the same government office as Li Wei before rising to become a regional governor. After that, he leaves the bureaucracy to go into business, amasses a fortune, travels overseas, and saves the country through commerce… Through different identities and experiences, he witnesses the chaos of troubled times and the prosperity of peaceful ones, undergoing the trials of the mortal world before finally attaining his destiny.
This is a lighthearted, funny book that invites you to experience a different life alongside the protagonist.
There are even some that mention the Qing Dynasty 🤮🤮