The Scholar Who Became a Marquis

The Great Han Dynasty had weathered a thousand years of hardship, ruling vast lands across the Nine Provinces and a hundred commanderies, with peace and prosperity throughout. Yet even it could not withstand the passage of time. After a hundred generations of rule, chaos erupted in a single age.

How would the heroes of the Nine Provinces, the great clans, and the imperial family choose between loyalty and righteousness in a time of turmoil?

With the Xiongnu to the north and heroes rising across the land, as the tides of fortune gathered, what path should Hou Lin take?

Schemes in his left hand, sword and armor in his right. The world was a game of chess, but what did victory, defeat, life, and death matter to the players?

The same Great Han, a different realm.