The Tang Dynasty: Two Hundred and Eighty-Nine

[Slow-paced] In the thirteenth year of Daye, as the Sui dynasty crumbles and the realm descends into chaos, Jiang Ping, a modern soul, opens his eyes in a corner of Jinyang Palace. From a lowly clerk whose life is worth no more than grass to the Prince of Qin's secretary, serving with the army and wielding his brush.

The secret plotting behind the Jinyang uprising, the bloodshed of the Xuanwu Gate Incident, the court sessions of the Zhenguan era, Wu Zhou replacing Tang, the Kaiyuan Golden Age, the An Lushan Rebellion...

He lives from the end of the Sui to the end of the Tang, witnessing with his own eyes an empire's entire journey from birth to death. He holds two brushes: one writes the official history meant for the emperor, where he has no choice but to write with careful euphemism; the other records the truth in a secret chronicle buried underground, determined to preserve the facts of blood and fire. When three hundred years of memories weigh like a mountain, and everything he knows heads toward its end, should he watch on coldly or make one final struggle?