He woke up to find that his soul had transmigrated to the Tang Dynasty.
There was one piece of good news and one piece of bad news.
The good news was that he had become the crown prince. The bad news was that he had only a year left in office.
According to the course of history, a year from now he would first be demoted to a prince of the fiefdom, then reduced to a commoner, and finally executed on trumped-up charges.
That ending was too tragic. Li Zhong refused to accept it.
He wanted to live, but standing in his way were a man and a woman who were constantly plotting to push him into utter ruin.
The man was named Li Zhi, and the woman Wu Mei. Besides their names, they were better known by another title: Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Empress Wu Zetian.
If Li Zhong wanted to survive, he would have to bring them both down.
In lofty Chang’an, let’s see what winds will rise.