It begins in the later years of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty (649) and ends in the first year of Jingyun (710), with 61 years as the background.
The protagonists Li Qian and Cui Su may be descendants of the royal family or ministers of the court.
The other supporting characters also include children of merchants and foreigners from neighboring countries. There are sinister attacks and arrogant ones.
Li Qian is a descendant of King Zheng and lost his father when he was young. He was a well-known child prodigy at the age of three or four. When he was fourteen, the daughter of Cui Su, the royal censor of the imperial court, fell in love with him and sent someone to propose marriage. The two families hit it off and planned to get married after high school. However, unexpectedly, one month before the imperial examination, his classmate disappeared mysteriously, and his mother did something like that on the first day of the imperial examination! Why do the people you love abandon you? Why former brothers turned against each other! When love faces family affection, when love faces national justice, where should we go?
Cui Su is a direct descendant of the Cui family of Qinghe, one of the four great families. The young man lost his wife and had a pair of children. He has no intention of renewing his relationship and has no intention of taking a concubine. There are rumors that he is an infatuated man who is still in love with his deceased wife, but no one has seen the person in his eyes. But why did he do all the things he despised for that person, but his eyes were still looking at others? Is power more important to him than anything else? When love faces power, should you abandon everything or give up love for power and position?