An accident on a food delivery run leaves courier Xie Kunpeng waking up as Xie Zhiwei, the infamous third young master of the Xie family in the Jinghan Dynasty.
He has the looks of a celestial being, but inside he’s an ignorant, useless fool whom everyone despises.
His doting grandmother spoils him without restraint, his strict father is frustrated that he has failed to live up to his potential, his sisters avoid him like the plague, and his fiancée’s family has been humiliated, leaving the marriage on the verge of collapse.
All he has are a handsome face, a head full of modern ideas, and a start so disastrous it could hardly be worse.
In this sprawling household, where refined civil officials mingle with powerful military families, he’d planned to lie flat and live out his days as a wealthy idler.
That is, until he lifts the carriage curtain and sees the refugees huddling beneath Jinling’s splendor, and the undercurrents swirling below the surface. Then he hears the street rumors: “bandits” have reached Jiangnan, and his battle-hardened great-uncle is leading the Northern Pacification Army south...
The heights of the imperial court, the distant reaches of the martial world, beauty sharp as a blade, and the realm laid out like a chessboard.
See how this lone soul, lost in time, makes a move in a game already set in motion that no one could have anticipated.
From wastrel to powerful minister, from lying flat to controlling the board, the end of this road to triumph is supreme power.
And when he finally stands alone at the very peak and looks back, will the warmth he once longed for, the sincere affection he once betrayed, and the convictions he once held close still be waiting where the lights fade into the distance?
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