As Li Shimin Offered Sacrifices to Heaven, a Tiny Baby Crawled Out of the Altar

[Tang Dynasty history + pampered little darling + farming and development + court intrigue] In the first year of the Zhenguan era, a severe drought has lasted for months. Li Shimin goes to Mount Tai to pray for rain, and the bronze sacrificial altar suddenly cracks open, revealing a fair-skinned, squishy little baby! Then the skies open, and the Tang Dynasty is saved! Li Ange, a modern engineering PhD, is reborn in the Tang Dynasty and becomes Princess Rui'an, hailed by the entire empire as an auspicious omen. Faced with locust plagues, epidemics, and powerful aristocratic clans watching hungrily, she can barely speak clearly, so she has to save the people with the excuse that “children say the darndest things.” Disgusted by the stench of fresh manure, she scribbles layered diagrams in the sand and accidentally invents a composting method that boosts yields. The Tang granaries soon overflow with grain. Disgusted by dirty water, she throws a tantrum until the palace attendants boil water and wash their hands regularly, incidentally snuffing out a deadly epidemic in Chang'an. Playing with wooden blocks, she designs a waterwheel and a mine-shoring method that amaze the Ministry of Works and leave the entire court dumbfounded! The Crown Prince becomes her overprotective big brother, while famous generals and ministers line up to serve as her bodyguards. Her scheming father even brandishes a knife to warn the aristocratic clans: “Anyone who dares impeach my daughter will have their entire family executed!” When a Turkic army bears down on the border and the aristocratic clans join forces to frame her as a “witch who bewitched the nation,” the little darling’s smile vanishes. She’ll show the world that the Tang Dynasty’s golden age has never depended on blessings from the gods. Humanity can overcome anything through its own efforts!