The profession of a literary scholar should involve composing poetry, calligraphy, and painting while expressing emotions with free-spirited eloquence. But with the crown prince clinging to his left leg, the prince's younger brother clinging to his right leg, the imperial prince frequently dropping by for meals, and even the current emperor calling him "brother" with a smile, Yu Bailin felt that his carefree, reclusive life was slipping further and further away.