A conspiracy lies hidden in the Alliance of the Golden Coffer; the candlelit shadows and the sound of an axe bring an emperor's life to an end.
On a winter night in the ninth year of Kaibao, Northern Song dynasty, Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin suddenly dies in the Hall of Eternal Peace. With thunderous force, Prince of Jin Zhao Guangyi ascends the throne and renames the era Taiping Xingguo.
At that time, Zhao Defang, bearing memories of modern life, discovers the truth before his father's coffin: he is Zhao Kuangyin's second legitimate son. He should have been heir to the empire, yet overnight he has become a helpless victim at the mercy of powerful ministers.
In this life, can he defy fate and change his destiny?
