The prince was still alive, but Lantai received his death manuscript first.
Shen Yanqiu, the female school secretary, was ordered to write down "the prince conspired to rebel and executed Chengtianmen" in the history of the country. Three years ago, her father was also accused of being a traitor and died at the Meridian Gate. Tonight, she refused to write, but she found a piece of black-edged paper from the dead manuscript that could predict the future in advance: open the door, the prince will die; hide the manuscript, she will be executed tomorrow.
In order to investigate his father's old case, Shen Yanqiu temporarily joined forces with the prince Xiao Chengzhao who was supposed to die. One can spot lies from history books, and the other knows how the court creates the truth.
But when they investigated layer by layer, they discovered that the most terrifying power of this dynasty was not the throne, but the writing of living people as dead in advance and lies as history.
And that "Tianji" never predicted the future - it ordered the future.
