Who Went and Planted a Banana Tree?

Yan Luxi is a passionate history buff. In college, she finally chose the history major she had always dreamed of, and went on to get into graduate school. She is now a graduate of the fifteenth year of Tianlin.

Prince Yong of Heshuo, the future Emperor Yongzheng: once you start talking about him, you have to mention the centuries of legends surrounding him.

He murdered his brother and father in life, and was buried with a golden head after death.

Even in the twenty-first century, his former residence, Yonghe Temple, is still packed with worshippers. Young people lining up to request blessed incense-ash bracelets run faster than people late for their eight o’clock classes.

His image endured from the early Qing dynasty until more than a hundred years after its fall. No wonder he was the Qing dynasty’s top-tier star, a man whose life was full of bloodshed and turmoil.

The cause of Yongzheng’s death has always fascinated people. Did he die of illness, was he poisoned, or was he assassinated by Lü Siniang?

The only way to solve the mystery is to witness it with your own eyes.

She transmigrates through time to watch him die!

But she never expected to arrive at the wrong time!

The fourth prince, not yet emperor, is busy cultivating his image as a carefree rich playboy, a romantic gentleman, a Buddhist sage of the capital’s elite, a great Zen master, master of the Old Summer Palace, a hermit who has transcended the world, and a homebody who micromanages everything.

Yan Luxi: “My courtyard isn’t big enough to fit all these people!”

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It wasn’t easy to get here, so Yan Luxi has to witness history before she can leave. But as she gets drawn further in, she realizes the struggle among the nine princes isn’t what she imagined. Is Prince Yong, usually so proper and so free of worldly desires, really as he appears? Is he truly a virtuous man who remains untouched by temptation?

But their fates become tangled together, and when Yan Luxi finally tries to leave, she discovers there’s no way out.

She can’t go back!

The women of the prince’s household, whom she once pitied, turn out to be glimpses of her own future. No, she doesn’t want to become anyone’s princess consort, and she doesn’t want to delve into the truth of his feelings.

Prince Yong grabs her by the wrist and pulls her to his side, his voice hoarse with emotion. “Trying to escape? Then I’ll have them all buried with you!”

Yan Luxi: Stay away from Aisin Gioro men, or your life will turn into a melodrama.

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The heroine is a history student. The author has tried to keep the story true to history, but some details have been adjusted for readability. For instance, events from the fiftieth year of Kangxi’s reign have been moved to the fifty-first, and events from the fifty-fifth year to the fifty-fourth.

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Historically, Yongzheng was obsessed with Zen Buddhism. To better portray his interests and way of thinking, this story will touch on Zen and Buddhist philosophy. This does not reflect the author’s personal beliefs, nor is there any intention to preach.

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The title comes from Jiang Tan’s Memories of the Autumn Lantern.

Why plant banana trees in a moment of leisure? They rustle softly in the morning, and softly again at night.

Your heart is far too restless, my lord: you plant banana trees, then complain about them.

Theme: Cherish life