In the eleventh year of the Xuanwu era of the Great Song, Prince Ning’s faction advocates reform, sparking conflict between the court and the great families, landlords, and local gentry.
The Lu family’s husband and wife, landlords in Qinglin County, die unjustly in prison, leaving their young son and his elderly grandfather to depend on each other.
After a sudden misfortune, young Master Lu is jilted by his fiancée and, in a fit of rage, throws himself into a river. Lu Ning transmigrates into his body.
He quickly pulls himself together and turns his fortunes around in the face of adversity. He avenges the Lu couple and gradually builds the power he needs to survive the chaos, rising to the pinnacle of power.
