Shen Wanzhao spent her whole life studying the history of the Ming dynasty. What she most wanted to find out was where the Jianwen Emperor, Zhu Yunwen, had gone.
Then one day, she transmigrated to the twenty-fifth year of the Hongwu era.
That year, Zhu Yunwen was not yet emperor, the Jingnan Campaign had not yet begun, and the history she knew was advancing step by step toward that fated night of flames. At first, she only wanted to survive and find a way home. But she happened to meet the man who had vanished from the history books. She knew how his story ended, but she could not tell him what lay ahead. He could command the power of the empire, yet might not be able to keep someone who did not belong to this era.
Later, the Yan army marched south, and the land was torn apart. In the fourth year of Jianwen, Nanjing fell and the imperial palace went up in flames. The history books record that from then on, the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen disappeared without a trace.
Six hundred years later, in 2006, a man dressed in modern clothes stands before Shen Wanzhao. He has learned to use a phone and ride the subway, yet still keeps the habits of six hundred years ago. Looking at her, he softly asks, "Shen Wanzhao, this time, are you still willing to marry me?"
[You taste carefully]