The Prince of Zhenbei's household collapsed overnight, and Chu Feng, the useless heir, became the biggest laughingstock in the city. He even made a fool of himself at his own broken-engagement banquet.
Yet when he brought out betrothal gifts worth a fortune, when he spent lavishly just to win a beauty's smile, and when, in a drunken haze, he unwittingly stirred up the various powers around him, people began to realize that beneath the wastrel's facade, a hidden edge might lie in wait.
Would the vast treasure his father left behind and the loyal old troops known as the Tiger Guard be the final straw that broke the camel's back, or his ultimate trump card for turning the tables against all odds?
A carefully staged performance of reckless extravagance, a revenge plot advanced one move at a time: Chu Feng will make everyone who looked down on him pay a terrible price.
