Kangxi Reborn as the Eldest Imperial Grandson

In the sixty-first year of the Kangxi reign, the one emperor of the ages, Kangxi, passed away. In the first half of his life, he had devoted himself tirelessly to his country, but in the second half he became trapped in a bitter situation where father and son turned against each other and ruler and subjects grew suspicious of one another. How tragic.

As Kangxi closed his eyes, scenes filled his mind of the days when he and his most beloved son, his proudest crown prince, Yinreng, had been a loving father and son and a harmonious ruler and subject. How had the two of them reached the point where they could no longer even see each other?

In the final moments of his life, Emperor Kangxi shed tears of regret. He was dying, but what would happen to his son? He hadn't yet made proper arrangements for his Baocheng.

When he opened his eyes again, he discovered that time had turned back. He was no longer the exalted emperor, lonely at the top, but his son was still the peerless heir to the Great Qing. At the time when father and son had been closest, the crown prince had joked, "Imperial Father, in our next life, I hope to be your father and protect you in peace and safety for a lifetime." The joke had come true. The reversal of their positions in this life allowed Kangxi, now an outsider, to see more clearly the turbulent undercurrents between the crown prince and the other princes...

Theme: Father-son love, the changing of imperial power, and devotion to family and country.