The Northern Xuan Kingdom and the Southern Xuan Kingdom are sworn enemies, constantly scheming and fighting over territory. They’re at each other’s throats and refuse to back down. Their only common goal is to build up their forces, conquer the other, and unite the realm.
Then one day, a sky screen appeared above both kingdoms.
【Hello, everyone! Today, let’s talk about Emperor Taizong of Xuan, hailed as an emperor for the ages for uniting the Northern and Southern Xuan Kingdoms!】
The emperors and ministers of both kingdoms were stunned. Then they began to pray, thinking in unison: Please, just don’t let it be someone from the enemy kingdom!!!
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Lu Yishi transmigrated by accident and became the Northern Xuan emperor’s fifteenth son. He had countless brothers, his mother had died, and he was an unnoticed nobody in the palace.
He’d been busy and exhausted in his previous life, so all he wanted this time was to lie flat. When the sky screen appeared, he was all too happy to watch the show and enjoy the gossip.
【Emperor Taizong was enlightened and benevolent, a brilliant ruler of immense talent. He not only united the two kingdoms, but also quelled border unrest, reformed the bureaucracy, developed the economy, and ushered in a century of peace and prosperity. His achievements were unprecedented. He was truly an emperor for the ages!】
【Of course, it all began when Emperor Taizong was still a prince of the Northern Xuan Kingdom. At the time, he was an obscure figure in the palace. No one could have known he would leave such an outstanding legacy in history!】
The Northern Xuan emperor beamed and looked at his sons.
The Southern Xuan emperor beat his chest and stamped his feet, wishing the boy were his own.
The princes below looked around, trying to find the “obscure” rival.
【The Northern Kingdom’s emperor had many children. There was the youngest crown prince in history, appointed heir to the throne at just two months old. There was also a son who murdered his own brothers and successfully staged a rebellion. But the fifteenth son, Lu Yishi, who would later become Emperor Taizong, is the one most often discussed by later generations.】
Lu Yishi, now the center of everyone’s attention: “...”
Some time later, the two kingdoms happened to meet for negotiations.
The Northern Xuan emperor made it clear, both openly and subtly, that the ruler who would unite the kingdoms was in his own country, and that the Southern Xuan Kingdom should submit. The sky screen appeared again.
【As we learned in the previous video, Emperor Taizong grew up in the Northern Xuan Kingdom. But according to historical records, he was actually the biological son of the Southern Xuan emperor. The two never met, not even before the emperor died.】
The Northern Xuan emperor: ?!
The Southern Xuan emperor, who had been bedridden and close to death, sat bolt upright: Heaven is on my side!
Lu Yishi: “...?”
Sky screen, don’t ruin me!
Theme: Keep moving forward!
