White Ling

A restorer of cultural relics from the Forbidden City discovered that the white feathers on the forehead of a portrait of a Qing Dynasty concubine were added by later generations. After being removed, bullet holes and blood stains were revealed. After consulting the forbidden files, it was found that the imperial concubine was actually a reformist spy, and Cixi tore up the list and swallowed it down her throat before she died. In order to protect the family's reputation, the historian changed the execution to hanging and used white feathers to cover his wounds. When the exhibition of She Recovered the Truth Overnight opened, a white-haired old man tremblingly stroked the portrait: "Great-aunt, the paper ball in your throat... Our family has been keeping it for a hundred years and it's finally time to take it out." White doves flew across the sky outside the window, like fallen feathers back then.