His father was demoted to death, his old marriage was dissolved, and his sacrificial fields were taken away. In the predicament of a weak mother and a younger brother, Cui Lingyi used her father's old archives, a list of disciples, a dowry field list and an old jade to regain the etiquette that had been pressed against her. What she wants is not to be rescued from the deep house, but to let the direct branch of the family, which is on the verge of being eaten, return to the discussion table of the Chang'an gentry clan.
