Novel Description
His name is Liu Xie, a history PhD and ancient Chinese language PhD from the twenty-first century. Just after completing his dissertation defense, he opened the Book of the Later Han in the library. His vision went black, and when he opened his eyes again, he had become Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie.
In the third year of Chuping, at the age of twelve, Dong Zhuo has just died, and Li Jue and Guo Si have yet to rebel. The original Liu Xie has just been pushed into the Cang Pool. Seven or eight palace attendants are on the bank, and not one reaches out to help.
He has spent his whole life studying the history of the Eastern Han. He knows what will happen next. Wang Yun will die, Chang'an will fall, Cao Cao will arrive, and he will spend his life as a puppet before Cao Pi forces him to abdicate.
But he is not the original Liu Xie. He has the next hundred years in his head, but not a single soldier at his command. One wrong word, and something that shouldn't be in his bowl of medicine might find its way in. So he decides to play dumb, keep acting like the same weak boy, and secretly recruit people, make plans, and wait for his chance.
From Chang'an to Xudu, from puppet to ruler who restores the dynasty. The four-hundred-year Han Empire must not end in his hands.
It all begins in that pool of Cang water.
