The Calamity of Hidden Mysteries

Empathic powers + inherited mechanism craft + a battle of wits between a double-faced married couple

Mutual disguises: a frail prince x a solitary orphan artist, with layer upon layer of twists in their relationship

Visual ability: Shen Zhaoxue's “Light Tracing Art,” which lets her read an object's memories by touching it

A temporal mystery: the “Celestial Orbital Instrument” reveals a conspiracy spanning three dynasties

At her coming-of-age ceremony, Shen Zhaoxue is exposed as a fake legitimate daughter, though she is actually an heir to a family of master craftsmen. Forced to take the place of another bride and marry the paralyzed Prince Xiao Jingheng, she touches the nuptial cup on their wedding night and sees images of a poisoning from three years earlier. The Vermilion Bird design on the armrest of Xiao Jingheng's wheelchair matches the emblem on the murder weapon...