In the forty-seventh year of Kangxi's reign, in the East City of Beijing, 18-year-old Shen Fuyi was a "liar" who was always coughing. She is gifted with the ability to see and transfer the "illness" lingering around the human body - the dying person's energy is like ink staining, and the poisoned person's energy is streaked with black hair. All she needs is a fallen leaf or a piece of broken tile to "pick up" the illness and keep it in her body temporarily. The price is that she will always be pale and weak and be despised by the world. This secret was kept secret until the cold-faced and lonely fourth elder brother Yinzhen was assassinated and poisoned. He was rescued by her and was brought into the center of the whirlpool of power in the Forbidden City.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
