Striving in the Jiajing Era

Xu Xiaoxian transmigrates to the Jiajing era and becomes a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. All he wants is a comfortable life: a little authority, a small courtyard, and a little money in his pocket.

But who could have guessed his battle achievements would be stolen and his hopes of promotion dashed...

There’s no choice.

To keep his widowed sister-in-law from being disappointed, he has to take them back!

Many years later.

Yan Song: "Who was it that pushed him to get ahead back then? Find them!"

Zhang Juzheng: "Don’t call me the Grand Secretary. He’s the Grand Secretary!"

Jiajing: "Mm-hmm. I’ll go practice the Dao first. If anything comes up, ask Xu Xiaoxian!"

Xu Xiaoxian: "Didn’t I say I only wanted to be a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard? Why did you have to provoke me?"

Qiu Luan: "Was that my fault?"