In the third year of Yongqing's reign in the Yu Dynasty, I was born in the Queen's severe pain for three days and three nights. Due to difficult childbirth, he was named "Lone Evil Star" when he was still in his infancy. Following a secret order, he was sent to Pudu Temple overnight. The hustle and bustle of the red walls and yellow tiles was isolated from the morning bells and evening drums, and the ancient green lantern scrolls became my first swaddling clothes.
In the past thirteen years, Concubine Rong had spent half of her life giving lectures in the morning and at night, deciphering the temple's conspiracy codes amidst the sound of wooden fish. I knelt on the futon and chanted sutras, but from the secrets she told about the previous dynasty, I could clearly see the compassion and indifference of people's hearts. Surrounded by sandalwood, I learned to discern the hidden intentions behind the pilgrims' eyes when they gave alms.
On the day when the gilded edict penetrated the mist of the mountain temple, I returned to the palace that abandoned me with the map of the human heart that I had learned in Pudu Temple. But what is waiting for me is not the warmth of reunion after a long separation, but a fatal chess game that has been laid...
