"The Tale of the Colored Cloud Country" is Yukino Sae's debut work. It won the reward award and the reader award of the "1st Kadokawa Beans Novel Award" and is known as "Japan's No. 1 Youth Novel". According to the legend, a young man established the Colored Cloud Country with the help of the power of the Eight Immortals of Colored Clouds, and the territory was divided into eight states: Red State, Yellow State, Green State, Blue State, Purple State, Black State, White State, and Tea State. About 600 years ago, the king at that time ordered the nobles of each state to use these eight colors as their surnames, and prohibited the common people from having the same surnames as these eight marquises, so people with these eight colors of surnames meant that they were nobles among nobles. Although Hong Xiuli was born in the famous Hong family, she lived a poor life. She had to work everywhere to make money to supplement her family income. She experienced the turmoil of the throne dispute when she was young, and she knew the suffering of the people. Therefore, she studied hard since she was a child, hoping to pass the national examination to become an official, assist the king, and build a prosperous and peaceful country. However, as a woman, she could not participate in the national examination. One day, Xiu Li accepted the commission of Master Xiao for a high reward and entered the harem as a concubine to teach and assist the incompetent emperor Zi Liu Hui who ignored government affairs. Taking this as an opportunity, Xiu Li took steps towards becoming an official...