Shen Yan, the deposed prince of the previous dynasty, spent ten years collecting corpses in Yizhuang incognito, and made a living by writing sinister deeds for the dead. The dragon-patterned jade pendant on an unknown corpse dragged him back to the palace incident where he was erased - it turned out that he had never been forgotten, but was just thrown into the garbage heap of history as a 'family waste'. When nine-thousand-year-old Zhao Wujiu wanted to silence him, Gu Qingwu, the daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei, offered him a piece of cooperation: she would help him settle old scores, and he would help her investigate his father's injustice. From being wary of each other to supporting each other in life and death, the two gradually uncovered the hidden timeline: the palace coup was not an external enemy, but an internal purge within the clan, and the list of participants was sewn in Shen Yan's infancy. Liu Ruyan used the brothel as a cover to deliver him poison and information; the tutor Chen Xuance was neutral on the surface, but secretly pushed him to the throne; the mute orphan Ah Fu used his incomplete fingers to trace Zhao Wujiu's deepest weakness. When Shen Yan finally stood in the Jinluan Hall, facing the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, what he held in his hand was not the imperial seal, but a book of life and death filled with old accounts - he wanted all debtors to repay with interest. What's cool: After his identity was exposed, he fought back step by step, and when he settled old scores, he saw blood. Finally, he burned the seal after he ascended the throne, leaving only the words "This position is mine."
