[Ming Dynasty Transmigration] Yearning for Hua

Blurb: The zither has fifty strings for no reason, each string and bridge recalling the lovely years of youth.

This is where Yan Sihua's name comes from. Yan Sihua, of the Ying clan and the Yan lineage, courtesy name Jinsi.

Yan Sihua: "I just don't get it. I'm a perfectly ordinary modern-day owner of an antique shop. How did I end up transmigrating?"

Zhu Chengyu (raising an eyebrow): What?!

Yan Sihua: ...

After transmigrating, he grew from a little baby into a graceful young man. Then the Jianwen Emperor turned out to have a screw loose and issued an imperial decree that wiped out his entire family, leaving only him alive.

With an almanac in his left hand and the Classic of Mountains and Seas in his right, Yan Sihua declared furiously: I'm going to trick Zhu Di into rebelling!

But then...

Scene One:

Emperor Yongle (stroking his chin): My dear subject, on the surface we're sovereign and subject, but in truth you're my younger brother's wife. So, about this newly made saber...

Yan Sihua (quickly replying): Of course, Your Majesty. I understand.

Scene Two:

Prince Han, Zhu Gaoxu: Lord Yan! We're doomed! The Tatar cavalry are too powerful!!

Yan Sihua: ... Oh.

And so the powerful crossbows he'd just finished making were gone.

Scene Three:

Prince Zhao, Zhu Gaosui: Little Aunt!!! The foreign pirates are causing huge trouble at sea. Help!!

Yan Sihua: ... Oh.

And so the large seagoing ships he'd just successfully built were gone.

Scene Four:

Emperor Yongle, Prince Han, and Prince Zhao: This is terrible! My dear subject/Little Aunt, the ministers are impeaching Chengyu/Uncle!!

Yan Sihua (furious, with the almanac in one hand and the Classic of Mountains and Seas in the other): Which fool doesn't value his life? Show yourself!