The Director Returns to the Court
Yichen was once a brilliant but disillusioned film director, famous for his intricate period dramas and cold perfectionism. Behind the lens, he held the power to shape destinies, rewrite fates, and resurrect empires—until the industry turned on him. Betrayed by those closest to him and watching his final masterpiece destroyed, Yichen disappears from the world he knew…
…only to awaken in a body not his own, in a kingdom that eerily mirrors one of his unfinished scripts.
But here, there are no sets, no retakes—only steel, blood, and secrets older than dynasties. Mistaken for a lowly eunuch, Yichen must navigate a palace drowning in schemes, where the young crown prince, shrouded in silk and suspicion, begins to take a dangerous interest in him.
He once directed emperors from behind a screen. Now, he's trapped inside the story—powerless to shout “cut.”
Yet the past has a strange way of repeating itself.
In this world of shifting masks, will Yichen become the storyteller… or the story itself?