Living in the early Tang, where powerful clans stood everywhere,
Cui Heng, young master of the foremost of the four great clans,
understood all too well that the empress decades from now would wipe out the imperial clan and destroy the great houses...
Moreover, His Majesty Li Er, famed as a ruler on par with the founders of the Tang and Song, was vigorously expanding education and promoting scholars from humble backgrounds.
All these developments were pushing the scions of great families into an awkward position.
To ensure the survival of a clan that had lasted a thousand years, and preserve the chivalrous spirit and elegance of the Wei and Jin,
Cui Heng resolved to carry out his grand (meddling-in) (gay) (affairs) (career) plans to the very end~
