In the 19th year of Yongle, Emperor Yongle Zhu Di had just moved the capital to Beijing, but a bizarre suicide of a palace concubine occurred in the Forbidden City. Lü Meiren, a daughter-in-law who paid tribute from North Korea, hanged herself. Her personal maid and palace eunuch also hanged themselves at the same time, but Lü Meiren's wet nurse, Jin, was missing.
The emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji sent his confidant Chen Wu to investigate the case. During the investigation, it was discovered that Lu Meiren's death was closely related to the poisoning of Zhu Di's favorite concubine Quan Xianfei. In the process of hunting down wet nurse Jin, the fire cases in the three main halls, the poisoning of Concubine Quan Xian, and the unjust murder of Li Jieyu came to light one after another. They seemed to be unrelated, but in fact they were intricately intertwined.
Chen Wu and others traced the Ming Dynasty to North Korea and found that everything was closely related to the overthrown Goryeo Dynasty in North Korea and the remaining forces of the Northern Yuan Dynasty...
During the Yongle period, all forces were still eyeing the Ming Dynasty, and they set up tricks everywhere to subvert the rule of the Ming Dynasty. North Korea's "Records of the Lee Dynasty" recorded a secret case in the Ming Palace that shocked both the government and the public during this period: In the 19th year of Yongle, Zhu Di was poisoned to death because of North Korea's favorite concubine Quan. In a rage, Zhu Di killed more than 2,800 people including the Lu family, palace officials, and eunuchs. It is so appalling, but "History of the Ming Dynasty" does not mention a word about this case...
Behind a seemingly ordinary palace battle, there is a power struggle among the three forces of Ming Dynasty, Goryeo Dynasty, and Beiyuan Dynasty. Under many doubts, a more shocking secret is slowly being revealed.
This is a fictional story, but every plot coincides with the real historical data from the Hongwu year to the 22nd year of Yongle in the "History of the Ming Dynasty" and the records of the same period in the "Records of the Li Dynasty". Perhaps this is the true appearance of history...
Reader comments
The author must have read a lot of historical materials and wanted to restore that period of history. It's amazing.
The author must have read a lot of historical materials and wanted to restore that period of history. It's amazing.