Liu Qiqiao, the daughter of a guilty minister, traveled into the palace and struggled to survive as a low-level palace maid. With her golden finger and poetic talent, she accidentally became the ghostwriter of the imperial concubine. She used her pen and ink to please the emperor's concubine and get rid of her humble status, but she was involved in the whirlpool of Liu Jin's corruption, concubines' competition for favor, and the government's chaos.
During this period, she formed a bond with Fushun, the young eunuch who possessed evidence of Liu Jin's crime, Zhao Cheng, the upright guard commander, and Aunt Su, who taught her skills. She was repeatedly hunted down for ghostwriting. She restrained her softness, established an intelligence network, took advantage of political opponents, and changed from passive self-protection to active layout. She used account books, secret letters, and counterfeit handwriting to fight back step by step, exposing Liu Jin's conspiracy to embezzle military pay and the imperial adviser to murder the emperor.
After going through prison, burning, and escaping through a secret tunnel, Liu Qiqiao united all parties to eliminate the traitors and help the new emperor ascend the throne. In the end, she refused the generous salary from a high-ranking official, exchanged the merits of the dragon for a favor, and founded a women's academy, allowing poor girls to control their own destiny through writing. From a weakling who survived in the palace to a chess player who reshaped the game, she cut through the darkness with a pen and blazed her own bright path in the machinations of chess.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
