Livestreaming with Miaoyun, Leaving the Ancients Shell-Shocked

Travel and culture blogger Liu Yan picked up a wife from six hundred years ago, who claimed to be Xu Miaoyun, daughter of the Duke of Wei, Xu Da. To cure her “delusions,” Liu Yan took her on a livestream tour of the realm. Their first stop was the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, where the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was buried. Just as Xu Miaoyun started the livestream, a sky screen opened above the countless eras of Chinese history, stretching all the way to the livestream. The year was 1407, the fifth year of the Yongle era of the Ming Dynasty. Zheng He's fleet was riding the winds and waves across the Western Ocean. In the palace in Shuntian Prefecture, the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, still grieving the recent loss of his wife, gazed into the distance. When a tender moment between Xu Miaoyun and Liu Yan appeared on the sky screen, the great Yongle Emperor lost it. “My Miaoyun!” A splendid land, a civilization spanning millennia. As history from the future flowed back into the past, Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Taizong of Tang, and Emperor Taizu of Song all lost it after hearing Liu Yan's scathing commentary. The Hongwu Emperor: “This commoner, Zhu Yuanzhang, and his peasant wife, Ma Xiuying, pay their respects to the Yongle Emperor.” Emperor Taizong of Tang: “I've had it rough. My eldest brother and fourth younger brother died young, while Father had a perfectly good throne but suddenly lost interest and insisted on passing it to me. I had no choice!” In an instant, emperors flooded into the livestream, begging them to stop broadcasting...