Li Chengqian died in exile in Qianzhou, alone on a dimly lit bed, haunted to the end by a knot in his heart.
He resented his father, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, for being harsh and unkind, for favoring Li Tai, and for driving his eldest legitimate son down the road to rebellion.
One day, he opened his eyes, and his consciousness had returned to the seventh year of the Zhenguan era.
His leg ailment had yet to worsen, his position as heir was secure, and his mother was still alive. None of the tragedies had happened yet.
Returning with the searing resentment of his remaining years in Qianzhou, Li Chengqian refuses to be the obedient Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace any longer.
When Li Shimin comes to lecture him, every word from Li Chengqian grates on the emperor’s ears, each one hitting home. In court, he repeatedly contradicts the emperor in public, behaving like the worst kind of rebellious son.
The emperor is furious and baffled. Why has the once-composed Crown Prince changed so completely?
Through repeated confrontations, tests, and struggles, the brilliant and ambitious Emperor Taizong gradually sets aside his imperial pride and sees the sensitivity and grievances his eldest son has hidden for years.
Li Tai schemes in secret to seize the throne, factions among the court officials stir beneath the surface, and Hou Junji waits for a chance to sow discord. The crises of his previous life return one after another.
As Li Chengqian fends off plots from all sides, he also struggles with his father, hoping they might speak from the heart.
In his previous life, father and son grew estranged and took up arms against each other. In this life, within the palaces of Chang’an, can they clear up the misunderstandings that have plagued them for half their lives?
He refuses to end up exiled to Qianzhou, wasting away in despair. This time, he will fight for the fatherly love he was denied for so long, and protect what belongs to him, as well as the future the Tang dynasty was meant to have.
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