Xie Zhishi never expected that before she could swallow the mouthful of tomato-flavored instant noodles that was her standard late-night meal in the fifth year of her Ph. D., She would fall to the "Xuan Sheng" ancient dynasty that she had studied for seven years.
When she opened her eyes, she was the humble female historian of the Department of Etiquette.
Opening the "history library" in her mind, she found that she was heading towards a dead end:
On the eighth day of September in the fourteenth year of Mingde, Xie Zhi entered the palace as a companion to Concubine Rongde.
And historical records: Three days later, the concubine died suddenly, and she was buried in the palace as a chess piece.
Who says historians can only dig through piles of old stories?
She knows the shape of every piece of bluestone, the clues to every coup, and she also knows who will dominate the world in the next thirty years and who will fall to pieces.
When everyone thought she was just a speck of dust in this deep palace, she was calmly clearing the fog of history:
A cup of poisonous tea, a mismatched account, and a powerful chamberlain with a secret past...
"History is a river, and everyone's choices together constitute this river."
Once, she was a bystander on the shore.
Now, she is the chess player in the river.
Let's see how Xie Zhi, a doctor of history, manipulates the wind and clouds with her delicate hands, fighting for a different tomorrow for herself and for this dynasty that is about to collapse in the imperial city she is most familiar with!
Reader comments
The plot is compact and the story has ups and downs. It's so interesting that you won't be able to put it down once you watch it.
The plot is compact and the story has ups and downs. It's so interesting that you won't be able to put it down once you watch it.