Most people can hardly resist power and status; even more tempting is the realm itself... The road to Pengshan is short, and as I chant through the night, I can almost feel the chill of the moonlight. Fair brows in white, beautiful companions amid blooming flowers, and ten thousand miles of picturesque land... For our country and our people, for loyalty and honor across the ages, watch me reclaim the old realm from the beginning...
In Luoyang, where the political landscape is turbulent and ever-changing, the new Archery Pavilion at the Hanlin Academy, directly controlled by the emperor, trains wave after wave of powerful political newcomers for the central government. In this place where power surges, there is loyalty, betrayal, rivalry, reconciliation, crisis, and opportunity...
Tang Chenchen, a talented woman of the Tang clan who hopes to protect her family and clan, is drawn step by step into the conflict between the court factions. Li Chongrui, the Prince of Luoyang, is deeply devoted, yet has his own secret plots and schemes. The playboy Prince Li Chengyu: beneath his glittering facade lies selfless restraint, or an unfathomable ambition?
In this perilous yet dazzlingly prosperous eastern capital of Luoyang, undercurrents surge, and the winds are rising...
