Su Renzhi just wanted to write peacefully in the Forbidden City for the rest of his life.
As a humble pen-poster in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, her daily job was to sharpen ink, dip her pen, and carve the oracles about the emperor's intentions and the events of the previous dynasty into the yellow silk one stroke at a time.
She thought she was just a spectator of history, until she became a witness when Nala lost her hair, until she personally wrote the last posthumous title for Wei Jia, until she watched the once high-spirited young emperor dry up his last trace of tenderness under the gold foil of "Ten Perfect Martial Arts".
This is a note about the recorder.
It is also a dusty and unknown past of the harem and court behind the prosperous period of Qianlong.
Purpose: Through the perspective of a low-level female official, it shows the historical torrent of the Qianlong Dynasty from prosperity to decline, explores the insignificance and dignity of individuals under the feudal imperial power system, and how ordinary people maintain their inner order outside of grand narratives.