【Monogamous couple, no harem】
In the third year of Yonghui under the Great Zhao dynasty, Jiang Mi, a palace maid in the Procurement Office, found half of a broken jade pendant on the Chenglu Terrace.
That night, something called the Hall of Emperors’ Obsessions appeared in her mind. It held a group of geniuses who should have been buried long ago: lingering consciousnesses trapped in their own instances, unable to rest in peace.
Qin Shi Huang’s obsession was to find Xu Fu. Clear reward: an eye for identifying medicinal herbs.
Emperor Taizong of Tang’s obsession was to find a fragment of The Model for an Emperor. Clear reward: a prescription from the Medicine King.
Emperor Wu of Han’s obsession was that the Xiongnu had not been defeated. Clear reward: a battle formation map for armored cavalry.
Jiang Mi had no choice. Once she entered the Hall of Obsessions, she had to challenge each chamber in turn. If she failed to clear them, her own consciousness would be trapped inside, unable to escape.
At first, she thought it was just a nightmare. Every night she closed her eyes and entered an instance, matching wits with a group of ancient ancestors. Each victory earned her a reward, and when she brought it back to reality, it became a stepping stone on her climb from palace maid to attendant in the Eastern Palace, and finally to a female scholar personally appointed by the emperor.
Until one day, deep in Qin Shi Huang’s obsession instance, she discovered a secret every emperor had been avoiding: the Hall of Obsessions was not formed solely from the lingering obsessions of emperors after death.
Someone had deliberately created it.
The purpose was to choose someone capable of resolving every emperor’s obsession and entrust them with an even greater task.
And that task was connected to Celestial Master Xu, who was causing a stir with his supernatural tricks in the Great Zhao capital of Chang’an.
Theme: A little palace maid’s rise to power
