Ten years after "The Lost Beads with Ink Marks", the imperial court was revising its history, and the Hanlin Academy was surprised to find the folk book "The Collection of Lost Beads". This collection of failed articles that were rejected by the examiners actually records the truth about the "Ji'an Civil War" that was kept secret in the court. When editors and historians follow the ink traces, what awaits them is not only the bloody mystery of ten years ago, but also a life-and-death chess game that affects the government and the public.
