WeChat Connects the Past and Present: I Feed an Emperor for the Ages

An Wan, a modern-day overworked office drone, discovers that her WeChat friend is none other than Xiao Jingyao, the tyrant emperor sung about for millennia. At that very moment, the wise emperor and the people of his entire nation are suffering through a rare three-year drought and famine, on the verge of dying of thirst and hunger. Meanwhile, the ambitious chancellor is plotting to seize the throne and take his life. Branded a tyrant cursed by heaven, Xiao Jingyao offers sacrifices and prays for rain, only to receive a delicious bowl of “Heavenly Deity” instant noodles. The modern “deity,” An Wan, gets a return gift from the ancient emperor: an antique WeChat red packet with billions credited to her account. An Wan does a quick calculation: billions of yuan will more than cover the cost of supporting one emperor and hundreds of thousands of people. What a bargain! Time to start feeding them. She stocks up on mountains of supplies to feed the emperor and his people. No water? She brings over a huge modern reservoir. Short on food? She piles up mountains of rice, flour, grain, and cooking oil. Ragged clothes? The people can choose whatever fabrics and fashions they like, then put on a fashion show. A scheming chancellor plotting to usurp the throne? She introduces him to the modern Thirty-Six Stratagems. Weapons in disrepair? She builds an arms factory in the ancient world to manufacture advanced weapons. When her company exploits, bullies, and mistreats her, treating her worse than a dog, and she's on the verge of being fired, she uses the gold and silver sent by the emperor to buy the company instead. She makes her foreign boss work 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week, turning him into her employee and reclaiming her place as the heroine of her own feel-good story. With the unshakable faith and powerful modern supplies and weapons An Wan provides, the emperor unites the six kingdoms of the Central Plains, standardizes the written language and weights and measures, and brings prosperity to the Huaxia people. Just as An Wan is getting completely smitten with her young and charming ancestor, Xiao Jingyao offers his empire as her bride price: “An Wan, be my empress, and I'll wish you good night year after year.”