As a Favored Concubine in the Western Han Dynasty

Nan Zhi was frail and sickly. After enduring a long, lonely struggle, she finally breathed her last.

When she opened her eyes again, she had transmigrated to the Western Han dynasty.

Her parents doted on her, her home was peaceful, and her illness was gone. She was content.

She also had a little pocket dimension, which at first was nothing but a patch of barren land.

Then, by chance, she got some soil from an imperial mausoleum. She planted a few radishes in it, and within days they had sprouted and were growing beautifully. After eating them, she immediately felt full of energy.

She tried a few more times, and finally confirmed it: anything grown in this pocket dimension could nourish the body when eaten.

She knew it! Heaven wouldn't give a transmigrated woman something useless!

Just as she was plotting to sneak back to the imperial mausoleum for more soil and grow more food, she was chosen as a palace consort and sent to the palace of Crown Prince Liu Ju.

Zhu Nanzhi: "..."

The crown prince of Emperor Wu of Han... didn't he have a rather tragic fate?

Still, now that she was in the crown prince's palace, sneaking out soil would be much easier. Maybe she could even replace all the soil in her pocket dimension.

She just didn't know if the crown prince would be easy to talk to.

Crown Prince Liu Ju has a secret: he can enter other people's dreams.

Guided by those dreams, he has escaped countless attacks, open and hidden alike.

But the dreams won't leave him alone. His father's disappointment, the eunuchs' plots, the schemes of those at his side... They play out again every night.

Forced to endure everyone's secrets and malice, he struggles to take a single step while awake, and has nowhere to escape when he closes his eyes. He can't find a place where he can let down his guard.

Then a palace consort named Nan Zhi arrives at the crown prince's palace. She is simple-hearted, carefree, and innocent.

By her side, he can always sleep well, right through to morning.

But Nan Zhi is always thinking about going out of the palace to have fun, and she keeps talking about foods he's never heard of.

Tonight, she even pulled him into a dream and cried that she wanted to eat chili peppers.

He tried to comfort her all night, but nothing worked.

Well, Lingnan has just sent in some lychees. He'll have someone go ask for some first thing tomorrow morning, and while they're at it, find out whether the south has anything called chili peppers. If not, they should hurry and search farther afield.

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[Important Content Warning: The male lead had a harem before. Don't read if that's a dealbreaker!]

Cover by Gu Yi_Estrella. Synopsis archived on 8/16.

Theme: For two people who are both unfree, love becomes their only way to escape