Ninth Master [From Ancient Times to the Future]

Cui Heng lived for twenty-four years, feasting on delicacies and riding in a carriage drawn by a pair of horses. The journey from Luoyang to Chang'an took more than half a month. He was the legitimate ninth son of the Boling Cui family, a heaven-blessed prodigy admired by all. Then, one day, he died. When he awoke, his tray held "nutrient supplements," and hovercars floated past his window. Traveling from Earth to the stars took less than the time it takes an incense stick to burn. He had become the only Han Chinese in the world, a second-class citizen dependent on a powerful alien race. Cui Heng: Heh!