Western kings: *sends huge army to demand Helen of Troy*

Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of China (then in King form): *sends huge army to demand Han Fei, a stuttering scholar prince whose essays he really, REALLY liked*

Source: Records of the Grand Historian in original Chinese, but screenshot from http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/ctenglish/se/txt/2011-08/04/content_381574.htm

THE FULL STORY IS ACTUALLY SO DRAMATIC THO because his writing was introduced to QSH by a former classmate of his, Li Si, but QSH ended up liking Han Fei so much that Li Si got jealous and pulled off this huge shady scheme to kill him

epic court intrigue love triangle featuring -

- The starry-eyed 26 year old Ying Zheng, the future First Emperor of China
- Han Fei, scholar prince ostracized in his own kingdom because of his stutter
- Li Si, who wanted the best for Han Fei at first but was confused by jealousy

HOW WILL HAN FEI CHOOSE BETWEEN LOYALTY TO A BIRTH KINGDOM THAT OVERLOOKED HIM AND THE KING WHO FINALLY SEES HIS TALENTS...BUT IS THE GREATEST ENEMY?

HOW WILL HIS FRIEND LI SI HANDLE HIS SUDDEN SUCCESS?

WILL THE YOUNG YING ZHENG ACHIEVE HIS DREAMS OF TAKING OVER THE WORLD?

the very poetic conclusion is that even though Han Fei got executed for "treason," Ying Zheng adopted his brilliant philosophy and used it to create a political system that would be used in China for the next 2000 years

and in the end, isn't that all what matters : ' )