The CPs I Shipped Over the Years [Historical Livestream]

[Do you still remember the historical ships you used to love?]

Gu Zhenzhen is forced to bind herself to a sky screen System. The System asks her to play videos for people from various parallel timelines in the past, just for fun.

So, at the start of the new year, a short three-minute video sets the whole internet ablaze.

At the same time, in countless parallel worlds, a line of large text suddenly appears on the sky screen that has long been suspended overhead.

[The historical ships I used to love]

Viewers from every dynasty: Huh? What's a ship?

The title is erased, and another line slowly appears.

[Do you still remember them?]

As the background music begins softly, a figure suddenly appears on the sky screen, facing away from the crowd and drawing his sword

[From this day forth, I shall be the First Emperor. My Great Qin shall endure for thousands of generations, and its golden age shall last forever.]

Qin:

Ying Zheng pauses. Is that me?

In the next moment, another figure appears, casually waving his hand as thousands of soldiers charge into battle.

[If the enemy dares to come, I shall go to them in return.]

Han:

Liu Che leans back. Cool.

Another figure, wearing a feathered fan and silk turban, writes at his desk, every word soaked in tears of blood.

[I was originally a commoner. I farmed in Nanyang, seeking only to survive in this chaotic age, not fame among the feudal lords.]

Three Kingdoms:

Zhuge Liang looks down at the unfinished Memorial on the Northern Expedition on his desk. His brush stops.

The scene shifts. An imperial-yellow dragon robe flutters in the wind.

[Take history as a mirror, and you can understand the rise and fall of dynasties. Take people as a mirror, and you can see your own strengths and weaknesses.]

Tang:

Li Shimin glances at the endlessly lecturing Wei Zheng and sighs.

One figure after another flashes by, until at last the sky screen suddenly turns black.

Large characters slowly appear.

[Now, do you still remember the ships about them that you used to love?]

[See you again tomorrow.]

The video, barely three minutes long, ends. The sky screen flashes, and a dense stream of tiny characters surges across it.

[So handsome!]

[Handsome, sure, but my Zheng has no ship, no ship, no ship. I'll say it three times for emphasis!]

[Exactly. The First Emperor loves only his empire. Who in the world could be more beautiful than his Great Qin?]

[Those shipping Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han, give it a rest. You'd be better off shipping my Empress Wei.]

[Which Empress Wei are you talking about?]

[Do you even have to ask? The one in Maoling, of course!]

[A loyal chancellor and a young emperor who obeys only his adoptive father's orders make a great ship, too!]

[Not me. I'm shipping Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang.]

[For imperial couples, we can only look to the breathtaking love story of our Great Tang's white moonlight!]

[Ninety-five! Ninety-five! There are no more perfect royal spouses in the world than our Ninety-five!]

[The Song of Everlasting Sorrow really made me ship Emperor Xuanzong and Yang Guifei, but sadly, ]

[Our Great Ming has imperial couples, too!]

[Zhengde was an only child, so ship him, everyone!]

[Speaking of which, I used to ship Siro and Huanhuan with all my heart!]

[Don't let the TV drama fool you. Yiyong are the ones whose deep brotherly love is confirmed by the history books!]

Qin:

Ying Zheng nods slightly, satisfied.

Of course, my only ship is Great Qin. But who is this Emperor Wu of Han?

Did my Great Qin fall?

Han:

Liu Che looks at the tiny characters, baffled.

Never mind him and the First Emperor. Who is this other Empress Wei? Does he have two Empresses Wei?

Three Kingdoms:

Zhuge Liang: ?

Say that again. Me and who?

Tang:

Holding the empress's hand, Li Shimin thinks to himself that the only true imperial couple is him and Guanyin Bi.

...But who is the white moonlight of Great Tang?

Er Feng is envious, but says nothing.

Ming:

Zhu Yuanzhang stares at the sky screen until he sees the line he's been waiting for. Of course Great Ming has an imperial couple, too.

But... huh? An only child?!

Qing:

Though he doesn't know who Siro and Huanhuan are, the moment the characters Yiyong appear, the Yongzheng Emperor immediately turns to Prince Yi beside him.

Yongzheng: ?

1. Shipping, shipping, shipping. The important thing is said three times. Don't read if you don't like it.

2. All kinds of ships. Don't read if you don't like that.

3. Qin, Han, the Three Kingdoms, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing. Don't read if you don't like that.

4. Written for fun. Not official history, parallel timelines, and no serious research. Don't read if you don't like that.

Theme: Anything is possible