That night, rain poured down amid peals of thunder.
When Nan Wanning woke, she discovered she had become the empress of an empire.
And the man seated on the dragon throne
had the same face as someone she knew in the real world.
She soon realized that she was inside a book she had once read.
In that book, the dynasty's fate had already been written.
She thought that knowing the story in advance would let her change her destiny.
But as time went by, she gradually discovered
that some things had never been written in the book at all.
Someone seemed to have known her for a long time.
Some people looked at her as if they had crossed countless years to reach her.
And the history left unfinished in that book was quietly unfolding.
Many years later, an official historian wrote:
The imperial succession of that generation was marked by upheaval and turbulent times.
Later generations would call it
The Dynasty of Starlight and Moonlight.
