After Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, dies, his soul transmigrates into the body of a brothel servant. He thinks he will have to curry favor with everyone just to survive, but an unseen force takes control of him and drags him into a deadly political struggle with an uncertain outcome. He discovers that the Great Sui Dynasty he founded has long since fallen. Yet, somewhere in the shadows, an opportunity to restore it has already appeared before him...