After transmigrating, Lin You finds herself as the cannon-fodder second female lead in a story about a power struggle.
An assassination attempt at the very start brings her face-to-face with the male and female leads. She wants no part in the turmoil and makes it clear she has nothing to do with them.
Unexpectedly, a piece of purple jadeite drags her into the conflict. It lets her hear other people's thoughts, and even glimpse the monsters hidden in this world.
Knowing too much brings her into danger time and again. Though she escapes several times by listening to people's thoughts, she is eventually sent straight to a foreign land.
Northern Qi is even stranger: monsters, witchcraft, and transmigration are commonplace.
Lin You looks around. Isn't this supposed to be an ancient setting?
Then her nominal husband reveals his true form right in front of her. Lin You gives up resisting, lets things take their course, and chooses to lie flat.
The result: “…”
A new rumor spreads among the people: on that mountain lives a pair of lovers, one human and one monster.
Stories about them are circulating in the teahouses, too…