The end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China (fictional, including the remnants of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the warlords)
The warm pavilion of the Shen family mansion was filled with fine agarwood, but the sweet aroma could not suppress the chill seeping from the bones.
When Shen Qingci opened his eyes, his mind felt as if someone had used an iron rod to stir it up three times.
In front of her eyes was a satin tent embroidered with flowers and butterflies, and beneath her was a painfully hard carved bed - she had seen this thing in a museum. The sign read "Household Utensils of Rich Merchants in the Early Republic of China", and she could smell the stale air through the glass cabinet.
