Illegitimate Son of a Noble House

ItransmigratedintoadynastycalledGreatYu,andevenbecameafamousyoungmasterfromanoblehouseinthecapitalcityofSheng’an.MyfatheristheSheng’anMagistrate,holdingthethirdrankofofficialdom.Myfamily’smatriarchisamemberoftheCuiClan,oneoftheFivePrestigiousFamiliesofthecapital—nobilityamongnobility.Theirsonisevenmoreremarkable:elegantandtalented,withthebearingofdragonsandphoenixes.Beforeeventurningfifteen,hepassedtheprovincialexaminationtobecomeajuren.Everyaristocraticfamilyinthecapitalcompetedtobetroththeirlegitimatedaughterstohim.Hisboringlifehasnothingleftbutendlesswealthandhonorstretchingasfarastheeyecansee.That’smyyoungerbrother.Asforme,mycurrentmissionisonlyonething—notgettingbeatentodeathbymyfather.MynameisSongShi’an.Whenone’sillnesshaspenetratedtotheheartanddiaphragm,whencantherebepeace?—T/N:Thefinallineisawordplayontheprotagonist’sname时安(Shí’ān),whichmeans“when[cantherebe]peace.”Thefullphrase病入心膂何时安referencesamedicalidiomaboutillnesspenetratingdeepintovitalorgans(heartanddiaphragm),askingrhetorically“whencantherebepeace?”