Su Wantang unexpectedly finds herself inside the historical novel she wrote, as the empress she had destined for a tragic fate.
The good news is that she’s been settled in a quiet courtyard, where she doesn’t have to entertain guests or socialize. Su Wantang decides to spend her days in peace and make up all the sleep she missed in her previous life.
But the courtyard’s conditions are rather poor, so she takes up her brush and writes some tales for a young eunuch to sell in exchange for necessities.
To her surprise, her stories spread throughout the palace. Stranger still, whatever she writes starts happening around her. She writes that the noble consort is a good person, and the noble consort really does show up with pastries. She writes that there’s a secret passage in the courtyard, and a hidden door really is found beneath the wall.
When word reaches the emperor, he begins visiting the courtyard often to “ask” about what happens next in her stories. The palace’s various factions also come to make inquiries. Su Wantang only wants to live quietly, yet somehow she becomes the center of everyone’s attention.
Even more surprising, she discovers that her knowledge of the original plot is gradually becoming useless, because the new stories she writes have quietly changed the course of events.
But there’s one thing she’s sure of: no matter what happens, she just wants to take life as it comes and enjoy her own quiet little existence.
The only question now is: can she keep living in peace in this little courtyard?
After the cold palace was abandoned, she did not rely on golden fingers, but only relied on a pen to quietly rewrite her destiny between the lines. Words don't kill people, but they can build momentum; they don't control people, but they can disrupt the situation. The wisdom is hidden in paper and ink, and the excitement is silent. A new chapter of palace fighting that is sober, restrained and extremely tense.