Starting from the Start in Chang'an, I Develop the Emperor's Offline Life

In the third year of the Jianyuan era, the Great Kang Dynasty is rife with undercurrents. The imperial star wavers, and the struggle for succession between the crown prince and the princess royal grows increasingly intense. In Chang’an’s Western Market, a little beggar named Hua Qiu accidentally becomes the center of the storm. He has no idea that Old Qin, with whom he shares a drink every day, is the ruler of the realm. The story of an “empress” that he casually tells becomes the sharpest weapon in the princess royal’s eyes. The statecraft he discusses is seen by the crown prince as heretical nonsense that must be stamped out. From a street urchin to an imperial tutor, from words spoken in the marketplace to policies debated at court, a great tempest over power, ideals, and the future is being stirred up by the most inconspicuous of little men.