Reincarnated as Ximen Qing: Starting by Saving Pan Jinlian

Modern-day office drone Ximen Qing wakes up to find that he really has become the infamous Ximen Daguanren of Qinghe County! Worse still, from the start he’s right in the middle of Wang Po’s scheme, with Pan Jinlian about to poison Wu Dalang!

Knowing the original story’s grim fate, in which everyone dies horribly, turns against one another, and falls into depravity, Ximen Qing sneers: “This rotten script? I’m not playing along!”

He kicks Wang Po to the curb, cures Wu Da, and marries Pan Jinlian openly and honorably; turns the tide in business and saves Li Ping’er; buys Pang Chunmei’s freedom and trains her to become the Song Dynasty’s greatest female spy; befriends Meng Yulou and builds the wealthiest financial empire in Jiangnan!

When the shadow of the Jingkang Disaster falls over the Great Song, the once-notorious tyrant has quietly built a commercial empire wealthier than a nation, with devoted beauties by his side and an army of iron cavalry at his command.

“This time around, I won’t be a villain. In this chaotic age, I’ll be the king who protects you all!”