Great Song: Sworn Brothers With Emperor Shenzong, Driving Wang Anshi Mad

[Northern Song dynasty + no System + transmigration + war + historical romance]

Shen Xuan, a modern stand-up comedian, wakes up one day as a down-and-out scholar in Bianjing.

He made a living telling jokes in his previous life, and he still does in this one.

At a teahouse, he tells The Tyrannical Marquis Falls for Me, a Divorced Mother, leaving his Northern Song audience doubled over with laughter.

That also draws the attention of the Imperial City Office, and somehow he ends up standing before the young emperor, Zhao Xu.

He tells the emperor a thrilling underdog tale and takes him over the palace wall to sneak out.

Zhao Xu: You are my big brother.

Li Shishi: Benefactor, you saved me from a life of misery. I have no way to repay you, except to offer you myself...

Wang Anshi: I have a niece of exceptional talent and beauty...

Su Shi: The future of literature is in your hands...

Shen Kuo: Help me revise these Dream Pool Essays...

Painter: What should I call this painting? Shen Xuan: Let's just call it Along the River During the Qingming Festival...

Shen Xuan: I'll spare you the shame of the Jingkang Incident...