In August 548, Hou Jing issues a proclamation at Shouyang, accusing Zhu Yi, Xu Lin, Lu Yan, and Zhou Shizhen of “occupying the imperial court and misleading the emperor.” He declares that he will march on the capital to purge the emperor’s entourage, then raises troops in rebellion.
In March 549, Emperor Wu of Liang starves to death in Taicheng, and the aristocratic clans suffer a devastating blow.
The age of “swallows that once nested beneath the eaves of the Wang and Xie mansions” comes to an end.
Chen Yuan transmigrates on the very day Hou Jing launches his rebellion.
Others transmigrate as souls, but he arrives with his body intact, which shrinks into that of a thirteen-year-old boy.
As a transmigrator, all he originally wants is to survive this chaotic age.
But step by step, he is forced onto the path of rebellion.
