The Journey to the Prosperity of the Tang Dynasty: The Prince's Time and Space Chess Game
At the end of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, undercurrents surged under Chang'an's prosperity. Li Yan, the reviled Prince of Jing, accidentally obtained a bronze compass that could glimpse the "chess game of time and space" - every deflection of the pointer heralded the collapse and reconstruction of historical nodes.
He not only has to move step by step amidst the open and secret arrows of the court, and deal with the whirlpool of power, vassal towns and harem; he also has to rely on the power of the compass to travel through the key moments of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and correct the distorted historical trajectory: from the peony banquet in Luoyang City to the beacon tower in the Hexi Corridor, from the water transport terminal in Yangzhou City to the Ancient Tea Horse Road on the Tubo border.
Above the chess game is the ups and downs of personal honor and disgrace; in time and space is the rise and fall of the dynasty. Li Yan acted against the odds, holding chess pieces, solving puzzles, and finding balance in the gaps in history. Only to find that the so-called "corrections" were already part of a larger chess game. When the truth emerges, he must make the final choice between protecting the prosperous Tang Dynasty and fulfilling himself.
