A Land of Manners, Clang Clang Clang Clang

Found family + alternate world + comeback + handsome young man

Zhao Zhao transmigrates into a dynasty called Daqian, becoming an illegitimate son whose standing among the aristocratic clans is awkward at best. What breaks him is that in this dynasty, illegitimate children are treated like servants.

Even more despairing, his birth mother is a dancer. His parentage is suspect, and he faces mortal danger from the start.

Daqian was founded on the power of aristocratic clans. For a century, their sons have occupied ninety percent of the court’s important posts, and the government is rife with corrupt officials who are ruining the country.

In the sixth year of the Xingmin era, the young and brilliant Emperor Minhuai dies, dealing another blow to Daqian, which was already slowly sliding into the abyss.

Officials at court fight over power and profit, while ordinary people are driven from their homes.

After witnessing firsthand the world where fine food and wine fill the mansions of the rich while the poor freeze to death by the roadside, Zhao Zhao decides to become a torch.