In the Tang Dynasty, Starting with the An Lushan Rebellion!

In the fourteenth year of the Tianbao era of the Tang dynasty, seventy-year-old Li Longji was frail and nearing the end of his life. Yet, attended by the most beautiful woman in the world, he still greedily savored the sweet taste of power with his aged, failing body. Throughout the vast empire, from emperors and chancellors to peddlers and laborers, all were lost in the lingering glow of the Kaiyuan era. Little did they know that a catastrophe was brewing in the distant north. The Hu man who had once performed the Hu Xuan dance atop the palaces of Daming Palace, using his comical dance moves to flatter and please the emperor, was slowly shedding his mask of humility. With greedy eyes, he gazed toward Chang'an, toward the heart of the empire's power!