Pingyang Fu of Red Mansion

Zhang Jinyu, a distinguished history major from Blue Star, never expected his life to be anything but ordinary—until a bizarre yet unremarkable crossing catapulted him into a parallel feudal dynasty, the Great Wu Empire. There, he finds himself appointed as a garrison general in the border prefecture of Pingyang. Through a twist of fate, he rises to dominate the northern theater of war, earning titles and nobility beyond his wildest dreams. Content to let the rest of his days pass in quiet stability, he returns to the capital for a routine duty report, only to encounter Qin Ye, the Director of the Ministry of Works, overseeing craftsmen as they renovate the grand imperial mansion bestowed upon him by the emperor. Qin Ye mentions that the project was personally entrusted by Vice-Director Jia Zheng. At the sound of that familiar name, Zhang Jinyu is struck with sudden clarity—this world is none other than the realm of the Red Mansions, and his journey has only just become a dream within a dream.