In the lavish yet treacherous world of the imperial palace, Concubine Xie Wanqing, a woman ten years the Emperor's senior, is desperate to cling to her fading youth and reclaim the Emperor's favor. Driven by insatiable vanity, she once employed a mysterious painter, Zhao Xi, whose unique skill could depict peerless beauty. However, Zhao Xi vanished, rumored to have met a gruesome end, transformed into a "human stick" for failing to satisfy the concubine's dark desires for eternal youth.
Now, three years later, a new painter named Zhao Zi, bearing the same surname as the disappeared artist, arrives at the palace. Zhao Zi, seemingly a man, introduces a potent "corpse-scented rouge" and "bone-eating ointment"—a forbidden ancestral art promising to restore youth by growing new skin, but at a horrifying price: the gradual decay of the user's original flesh. Unbeknownst to Xie Wanqing, Zhao Zi harbors a deep-seated agenda, meticulously orchestrating a chilling revenge for the past injustices inflicted upon their family.
As Xie Wanqing uses these dark secrets to outshine her rivals, including the ambitious Concubine Li, and desperately seeks the coveted position of imperial concubine, the palace becomes a volatile stage for deceit, ambition, and supernatural manipulation. Will the Empress see through Zhao Zi's cunning deception before her vanity leads to her ultimate downfall? Witness the unraveling of dark secrets and a sinister plot of vengeance in this enthralling ancient palace drama. Discover the true cost of eternal beauty and the terrifying power of forbidden arts.
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