Great Tang: The Restoration of Guangwu, Here Lies Quanzhong!

Li Gao traverses time to the twilight years of the Tang Dynasty, born as a descendant of Emperor Wuzong. He believes his imperial bloodline will secure him decades of wealth and privilege—until he discovers that the infighting, bloody purges, and ruthless intrigues within the Li royal clan far exceed his darkest imaginings. In just over a decade, the five sons and seventeen grandsons of Wuzong’s line are whittled down to nothing, leaving him the sole survivor. Though still a child, his naturally commanding and kingly bearing arouses deep suspicion in Emperor Yizong. To preserve his own life, Li Gao has no choice but to play the madman day after day, even publicly relieving himself in the bustling markets of Chang’an to ruin his own reputation—a desperate ploy that buys him a fragile reprieve. On the verge of death, Emperor Yizong moves to eliminate him before passing the throne, and Li Gao narrowly escapes execution only by bribing the powerful eunuch Tian Lingzi with vast sums. Scarred by this near-fatal ordeal, he abandons his true name, adopts the alias "Quanzhong" (Utmost Loyalty), and conducts himself with meticulous deference and humility, outwardly professing absolute fealty to the Son of Heaven. Years of concealment stretch on—until Huang Chao raises his rebel banner, sweeping across the realm, plunging Chang’an into ruin, and shaking the very foundations of the empire. At last, for the man who has bided his time in shadows for so long, his own era dawns.