An Lan, a university student specializing in explosives, accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. When she woke up, she had transmigrated into An Yuyan, an arrogant imperial consort who had just been poisoned to death.
The original An Yuyan had lorded it over the imperial harem on the strength of the emperor's favor. But An Lan was horrified to discover that his nightly displays of affection were pure acting: he was impotent!
By day, she kept a low profile and tried to stay alive among the consorts, relying on an occasional flash of mind-reading ability. At night, she also had to comfort her fragile ally, whose friendship with her was as fake as plastic.
An Lan just wanted to flip the table. This palace-intrigue plot was all wrong!
She played along with him, and he protected her. It was supposed to be a fair deal. But when he was in danger, she instinctively shielded him, and when she wanted to escape, he secretly paved the way.
Their secrets were no longer what bound them together. Sincere feelings were what would bring them to the end of the road.
With her fate tied to the emperor's chessboard, An Lan could only watch herself get drawn step by step into a stunning mystery spanning the court and the imperial harem.
The Demon-Raising Dam, the Yin-Yang Palace, spirit paintings, hollow skin and bones... These strange, unfathomable events made her realize that mind-reading couldn't see through the deadly dangers lurking in the palace.
In this real game of power, she would have to blast herself a way to survive!
An eerie, fantastical tale set in ancient times, with a slow build.
The heroine grows over time. After being outmaneuvered often enough, she gets smarter, but she's always had a bit of a knight-in-shining-armor complex, so she rescues the man.
At first, the emperor and consort are an antagonistic couple. Later, they join forces. It's a case of marriage first, love later, and saving a beautiful but tragic soul.
