My Father Zheng Michang

Civil officials wear gowns embroidered with birds, while military officers don robes adorned with beasts. Yet once you put on such a garment, are you not all merely "birds and beasts" in fine attire? So declares Zheng Michang, a man who unflinchingly voices the bitter truth hidden beneath the splendor of imperial court life. Through his eyes, we are drawn into a world of intricate power struggles, soaring ambitions, and creeping moral decay—where the thin veneer of propriety barely masks the primal, predatory instincts that drive every soul in office. This is a tale of legacy, hypocrisy, and the heavy price of wearing a mask that everyone sees through but no one dares to remove.