The Chen Dynasty enjoyed peace and prosperity. The emperor and empress loved one another, and the royal siblings were close and harmonious.
But after a Mid-Autumn family banquet, the once-gentle emperor’s temperament changed drastically. He gave himself over to pleasure, and everything he did seemed strange.
The imperial physicians found no signs of poisoning, and their search for sorcery turned up nothing.
The eldest princess was sharp-minded, the second princess a skilled fighter, and the fourth princess well versed in medicine and poisons. With their steady and levelheaded crown prince brother, the siblings secretly began investigating. In a hidden passage, they overheard whispers and uncovered a shocking secret.
The soul of a former-dynasty county magistrate, long since brought to justice, had used dark magic to take over the emperor’s body.
A cousin from another world possessed a secret art for capturing souls. Driven by resentment, she laid trap after trap, seeking to take the empress’s body and coveting the empire’s vast domain.
Strange whispers in a hidden passage, an incense ritual staged in the dead of night, and one perilous trap after another.
When the emperor’s original soul was sealed away in an ancient mountain monastery, the royal siblings stepped forward. Caught in a maelstrom of conspiracy, they wagered everything to reclaim the soul of the Chen Dynasty’s emperor and protect their country and loved ones.
