This book takes the Jiajing dynasty's great ceremony events as its axis, integrates major historical facts such as the Qing Dynasty's landownership, Xia Yan's rebellion against Yan, and Jing Yu's seizure of the heir, and reproduces the historical context of Zhang Cong's restructuring, the rise of the Yan Party, and the Japanese rebellion in the southeast. Through the perspective of the fictional character Zhang Zetong, the story unfolds the thrilling and secret struggle between the imperial power, eunuchs, civil servants and feudal kings in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and writes a tumultuous court epic.
