In the year 227 AD, Zhuge Liang was sharpening his blade, preparing for the northern expedition. The Shu Han's power was waning, its people suffering, and the empire languishing. Witness how Liu Tan, who has traversed time and found himself in the body of the later Emperor Liu Shan, leads the soldiers and citizens of Shu Han back to the Central Plains, striving to reunify the land and restore the great empire.
“…I was but a commoner, tilling the land in Nanyang, content to preserve my life in troubled times, without seeking fame among the nobles. The late Emperor, disregarding my humble status, visited me thrice in my humble cottage…”
Liu Tan lay on the soft couch, eyes closed, listening to this speech—strange yet familiar. The man reciting, walking back and forth with a feather fan in hand and a white beard flowing, was none other than Zhuge Kongming himself.
Anyone who had read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms would, upon seeing this scene, immediately think of Zhuge Kongming. Although there were some differences from the versions on film and television, the essence remained unmistakable.
A plain white robe, a feather fan—these were Zhuge Liang’s unmistakable trademarks in the Three Kingdoms era.
Liu Tan had actually regained consciousness more than ten minutes ago, but the environment had so shocked him that he nearly leapt from the bed. He managed to restrain himself at the last moment.
Beside the bed, a man in a black gauze cap was kowtowing repeatedly, his forehead thudding against the floor with a steady rhythm as he pleaded, “Prime Minister, spare me! Prime Minister, spare me!”
This scene—unless it was a film set—meant only one thing: he had transmigrated.
He had transmigrated into the body of Liu Chan, the last Emperor of Shu Han, known as Adou.
Recalling the moments before he awoke, everything became clear: caught in an affair with a married woman, the husband’s sudden return forced him to escape through the window. I