A novel that Li Nian once read, which describes the world he transmigrated into. It tells the story of a declining noble household where an overlooked illegitimate son (Pei Shaojin) rises through the imperial examinations to restore his family's honor. Li Nian became the character of Pei Shaohuai, the spoiled legitimate eldest grandson who squanders the family fortune and meets a miserable end in the original story.