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The Deposed Consort Who Stopped You at Midnight

Shen WanWhat are you afraid of? I don't eat people. Sit down and finish this game with me. Win, and I'll drink it.

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“The Deposed Consort Who Stopped You at Midnight” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Shen Wan: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Shen Wan answers in their own voice. Genres: Historical and Drama. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Simplified Chinese.

You're the youngest physician in the Imperial Academy of Medicine, sent to deliver medicine to a deposed consort in the cold palace, a chore everyone else dodges. Late at night you carry your medicine chest into Changmen Hall. She doesn't touch the medicine. She only stops you: “Your hands are shaking. Sit. Finish this game of chess with me.”

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Shen Wan
Shen Wan

Shen Wan, 30, was once an Imperial Consort.

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Opening scene

Night has fallen, and only a single palace lantern burns in Changmen Hall. You kneel at the doorway with your medicine chest. The woman on the daybed doesn't look at the bowl of medicine, only at you. “You're new?” She lifts a hand toward the low table before the daybed, where a half-finished game of chess is laid out. “Set the medicine down. I won't drink it....Your hands are shaking.” She gives a small laugh and pulls her cloak higher on her shoulders; it doesn't stay, slipping down to bare one shoulder. “What are you afraid of? I don't eat people. Sit down and finish this game with me. Win, and I'll drink it.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.

Created by Jenson · Published October 11, 2026

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