A modern history enthusiast travels back in time to the Eastern Wei during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, becoming Cui Tai, a destitute young man. Taking advantage of their shared surname and clan ties, he pretends to be a descendant of the Boling Cui family and gains entry into the ranks of the great aristocratic clans to reclaim his ancestral identity. Armed with his extensive knowledge of poetry from later generations, he makes a spectacular debut in Ye City's literary circles, astonishing everyone with one timeless masterpiece after another and earning the special admiration of the powerful minister Gao Cheng. Amid the turbulent political intrigues of the imperial court, he also becomes entangled in aristocratic marriage alliances and complicated relationships involving a young princess of the imperial family. With extraordinary courage and knowledge far ahead of his time, Cui Tai navigates the world of powerful Northern Dynasty nobles, rising from a fake aristocratic heir wandering the land to carve out a place of his own in the imperial court during this turbulent age.