In the 21st century, Murong Yuntian dies by drowning, filled with hatred, and is reborn on the streets of Bianjing in the Northern Song. During a runaway-horse incident, a dragon-shaped birthmark suddenly appears on his waist. A mad beggar cries out, “He bears the blood of the imperial family!” and the people in the street fall to their knees. Even more astonishingly, Ouyang Sheng, the powerful minister who killed him in his previous life, rides up, dismounts, and kneels, shouting, “I welcome Your Highness, the Crown Prince!”
Within the imperial city, tensions simmer beneath the surface as rival claims to the title of crown prince take shape. Bearing the mystery of the birthmark, Murong Yuntian must contend with Ouyang Sheng’s outwardly deferential but secretly murderous “protection,” while investigating the truth behind his striking resemblance to the late empress. Is this rebirth across time a gift of power from fate, or an even crueler trap? The storm in Bianjing is about to begin...
