Chen Yuanzhou, a doctoral student in the Department of History, came into contact with a mysterious jade seal during an archaeological expedition. When he woke up, he became the sick and idle prince of the Zhezong Dynasty of the Northern Song Dynasty, who was forgotten by the government and the public - King Yi of Zhao Bai.
The beginning is hell mode: the body is poisoned, only thirty-seven taels of silver are left in the treasury, and most of the servants are traitors. The only one he could trust was Su Tan'er, the maid who tested the medicine for him with red and swollen eyes.
But he has an advantage that others don't have - nine hundred years of historical memory in his mind. He used modern knowledge to predict the invasion of Xixia, improved fire prevention in fire lanes, and proposed the use of banknotes as tokens. Step by step, he transformed from a "dying waste" into a force that cannot be ignored in the court.
But history is going off the rails. He discovered that he was not the only time traveler in this era: some came from the late Ming Dynasty, while others came from the earlier early Song Dynasty, and an old eunuch in the palace who had experienced five dynasties was secretly planning to accelerate the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty. What is his purpose? Why deliberately create "Jingkang's shame"?
What's even more troublesome is that King Duan Zhao Ji (the future Huizong of Song Dynasty) is about to ascend the throne, Cai Jing is sharpening his sword, and the Kingdom of Jin is quietly rising in the north. Chen Yuanzhou must survive in the cracks of party struggle, train troops and farm in the northwest border, and spend twenty-five years building an iron army that can withstand the Jin soldiers.
And his biggest trump card has never been his advanced knowledge - it's Su Tan'er who blocks arrows for him, defends the city with him, and says "I'm waiting for you" in the wind and snow.
This is a story about a time traveler fighting against fate, and also a love story that spans thousands of years and lasts until death.
——When the mountains and rivers were broken and old friends withered, he chose to stay. Because someone is still waiting for him.
