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Main plot: The heroine, Jiang Hexue, enters the palace and gains the ability to dream five days into the future. Her prophetic dreams always foretell bloody tragedies, and saving one person costs her one year of life. A string of sudden deaths unfolds in the harem over seven days. Each victim is marked with a black mandala, with a silk handkerchief embroidered with the Rebirth Mantra stuffed into their mouth. As she investigates, the heroine encounters twist after twist and uncovers the emperor's secrets and the identities of her allies. In the end, she exposes a royal bloodline scandal foretold twenty years ago and faces a difficult choice on the night of the seven stars' alignment.
Tags:
· Characters: Prophetic dreamer heroine vs. tyrant emperor who is one of a pair of twins · Plot: death premonitions, serial murders, royal secrets · Era: ancient times · Genre: palace intrigue, mystery, fantasy · Audience: female readers · POV: third person · Length: medium to long · Style: high suspense, strong catharsis · Language: Chinese
Setting:
Protagonist's golden finger: After entering the palace, Jiang Hexue gains the ability to dream five days into the future. Her dreams always foretell bloody tragedies, and saving one person costs her one year of life. Power system: none
Character design:
- Main characters and their factions: Jiang Hexue (heroine, illegitimate daughter of a salt merchant in Yangzhou, prophetic dreamer, clever and bold), Lin Yu (second male lead, medicine obsessive and skilled cross-dresser, a covert guard tasked with testing poison for the emperor, kind and devoted), Noble Consort Wen (ally, master perfumer and mad beauty, descendant of a witchcraft family from the previous dynasty, later reunites with the heroine)
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