21st-century new media person Yang Yichen unexpectedly time-travels to become a frail young lord of Da Jing, abandons the imperial examinations, rises to fame relying on storytelling, enters the palace to receive high praise from the empress, makes storybooks sweep the capital, and forms a happy marriage with talented woman Li Wanqing. He guards his harmonious family, passes on wonderful stories, carves out a world in ancient times with modern thinking, and transforms from a lost time-traveler into the universally revered Fanghua Storyteller.