Upon returning to the mansion, Chu Yu, though exhausted, did not go to sleep. Dressed in a light robe, she gathered paper and pen and briefly recorded the story she had told that day.
Though the story was entirely fictitious, it needed to be well-rounded. A story full of flaws wouldn't appeal to many listeners, even as just a story.
Considering she had already sent Ji Xiaolan to the time of Emperor Kangxi, Chu Yu thought it over and then had famous figures from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties all serve under Kangxi, from Wei Zheng to Wei Zhongxian, loyal officials and treacherous ones, literati, and scholars, every one of them top-notch characters.
