Passing the civil service exam is Su Nian's greatest obsession. She is heir to a family renowned for feng shui.
When she finally sets foot in the Forbidden City and becomes a new hire in the restoration department, she unexpectedly awakens the gift of "reading qi." In her eyes, every brick and tile, every beam and pillar in the palace is imbued with centuries of fortune.
Only... something seems off about that fortune.
The golden dragon pillars in the Hall of Supreme Harmony are wrapped in baleful energy. A strand of sorrow is sealed inside an ancient cypress in the imperial garden. Even after the palace closes, eunuchs and palace maids line up along the paths, waiting for her to "read their feng shui"...
While others restore artifacts with craftsmanship, she restores them with the supernatural.
She slacks off at work, hunts ghosts after hours, and has one KPI: keep the imperial city's dragon vein from leaking.
She only wanted to save up for a home without drawing attention. Who knew she'd accidentally bring the six-hundred-year-old Forbidden City back to life...
Five-star praise! I chased it all in one breath and couldn't stop at all I was originally attracted by the title of the book, thinking that the setting of "cultivating Feng Shui in the Forbidden City" was quite interesting, but I didn't expect that I was hooked as soon as I read it! The heroine Su Nian is not the type of Long Aotian who cheats when she comes up. She is just an ordinary girl who has just passed the imperial examination. She entered the Forbidden City for her grandfather's last wish, and found that she fell into a six-hundred-year-old Feng Shui situation. This "I don't want to be a hero" setting is too real and has a strong sense of immersion. Grandma Qin is so cute! He said he disliked Su Nian, but secretly arranged everything for her. There is also the black rooster named Xuan Mo, who has lived for six hundred years and can talk and roll his eyes. He has a poisonous tongue and a warm heart. I would like to call him the best supporting character in the whole book! The male protagonist Zhou Yuan is the type who talks less and lives better. He is from the Department of Ancient Construction and can hear the sounds of dirty things but cannot see them. Su Nian can suppress those sounds but cannot hear them. The two of them are a perfect match together. Moreover, he is a "baby-kid" type of caregiver who was determined by my grandfather's generation. This sense of fate really pricks me. What moved me most was the warmth in the book. It's not the kind of hard sensationalism, but all the roads paved by grandpa for Su Nian before his death, the craftsmen in Dongtongzi who couldn't get out, the eunuchs who have been waiting for three hundred years in the Palace of Supreme Harmony Square, Concubine Dong E's footprints day after day... Every paragraph made my nose sore. The author wrote "letting go" very well. When those who couldn't let go were finally sent away one by one by Su Nian, I really cried. The Feng Shui knowledge is written in a very solid way, including the Qi-gazing technique, the evil-restraining mudra, the evil-resident money, and the dragon-suppressing formation. The description of the scenes in the Forbidden City is also very graphic. After watching it, I wanted to go on a night tour of the Forbidden City (not). Amway has already shared it with all the friends, please update it soon! I want to see Su Nian go to Kunning Palace! I want to watch Zhou Yuan and Su Nian give out candy! I want to see Xuan Mo continue to insult people! Highly recommended! Five stars is not enough, I want to give it six stars!
I like this kind of seemingly fantasy, but there are real reasons for its existence everywhere. It reflects that the author has solid knowledge, fantastic ideas, and rigorous and reasonable logical thinking, which makes readers feel like they are constantly following the drama.
Different from the metaphysical novels I have read in the past, it is narrated and fascinating, but not so scary.
Like, not only the excitement, but also the quietness of the years 🙂
This book uses the author's first-person perspective to draw readers into the story, creating suspense and wonder.
It's very nice to see and learn more about the history of the motherland and the Palace Museum.
The special angle is both real and illusory, beautiful.
Whether true or false, the amount of knowledge is amazing. After reading this article, I lost interest in the Forbidden City. It's terrible.
It's very interesting and the content is very attractive. People can't help but read on!