Top agent Shen Yi transmigrates to ancient times, becomes the Grand General and Pillar of the Great Yan, and helps the empress ascend the throne. Just as he is about to unify the realm, the empress summons him back with twelve golden decrees. He then perishes in a great fire in Jinling.
Reborn once more, he becomes a servant in the wealthy Zhou family of Yuhang, Jiangnan. Here, he finds not only his sworn brother, but also a great female scholar who seems delicate yet is strong-willed, and a renowned courtesan who is charming and alluring but has a complicated past.
Shen Yi resolves to uncover the secret behind his death. As he investigates, the truth grows ever more tangled. Who is the real culprit: the legitimate royal line, the forces seeking to restore the former dynasty, or the foreign barbarians?
The Great Yan seems on the verge of entering a golden age, yet how many people, both within and beyond its borders, are scheming in the shadows and watching like hawks, hoping to plunge the world into chaos?
As the story unfolds, a sweeping landscape of clashing armies, political intrigue, and beautiful companions gradually comes into view.
