Xiao Jin, a troubled heirloom beside Yanliu Lane in the south of the Yangtze River, thought he could revive his family after lying dormant for three years, but he fell into the scheme of Su Ning, the powerful concubine in the harem.
She was a ruthless noble concubine who doted on the Sixth Palace, but she pressed hard on him step by step, using the safety of the remaining clan members to force him to work as a secret agent to investigate the rebellion of the previous vassal king for her.
He originally thought that this entanglement was just about each getting what he wanted, but when he got the evidence of the feudal king's rebellion, he discovered that she was closely involved behind the scenes, and his family's tragedy also hid a secret that she didn't want to tell.
"Su Ning, have you ever had feelings for me?" At the ferry where smoke and willows were flying, he clutched the blood-stained secret letter, his voice hoarse.
There were emotions in her eyes that he couldn't understand, but in the end she just said coldly: "Xiao Jin, you are just a piece in my chess game."
It wasn't until he blocked a fatal knife to protect her and fell in the willow smoke that she hugged him like crazy...
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.