After three hundred years, the Great Jing dynasty is gilded on the outside and rotten within. The northern barbarians eye the borderlands hungrily, western warlords command armies of their own, the struggle for the heir's position at court runs red with blood, and rumors of secret treasures stir the martial world. As the strategic heart of the realm, the southern capital has become a chessboard for competing powers, and the Marquis of the Nation's Guard's residence is the sharpest piece on it.
The ten children of the Yan family each have their own skills. Everyone knows that Yan Canglan, Marquis of the Nation's Guard, commands a hundred thousand troops in the south. Few know that his children have already laid a vast, inescapable net: his eldest daughter, Yan Jingyue, holds her place in the imperial harem; his second daughter, Yan Jingxue, is a master of both medicine and poison; his third son, Yan Jinglan, runs the household; his fifth daughter, Yan Jingxu, secretly controls the intelligence network; his sixth son, Yan Jinghong, roams the martial world; his seventh son, Yan Jingyue, is the bravest general in the army; his ninth son, Yan Jingchuan, excels at scheming; and his tenth daughter, Yan Jingyao, wields her sword with dazzling speed.
Only the eighth-born, Yan Jingchen, spends his days among the common folk. Disheveled in a plain blue robe, he is considered the least promising of the marquis's children. But no one knows that beneath this seemingly carefree young man's sleeve lies an edge powerful enough to determine the fate of the realm, and in his eyes is the clarity to see through the world's affairs.
A case involving stolen weapons thrusts the Yan family into the center of a storm. A rescue on a rainy night entwines his fate with that of Shangguan Qiuyue, the orphan of Wangyue Manor, who bears a blood feud. The blades of the Black Tiger Gang, the Crown Prince's faction's schemes, the mystery surrounding a treasure from the previous dynasty, the infiltration of barbarian forces... As countless clues converge, Yan Jingchen finally draws his sword.
He kept his edge hidden for ten years, then drew his sword in a single moment. Together with his brothers and sisters, and five exceptional women, he will carve out a dazzling path of his own amid the chaos of the age.
The martial world stretches far, the waters of court run deep. He will set the realm's fortunes in motion.
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