Palace Intrigue: Wanxin Breaks the Deadlock

Shen Qingwan, daughter of the Vice Minister of Rites, has brows like distant hills, eyes clear as spring water, a graceful figure, and a gentle, charming manner. Well-read and versed in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, she also knows the rules of etiquette by heart. At her family's urging, she enters the palace.

Exceptionally clever and perceptive, Shen Qingwan can calmly assess and deftly resolve the complicated palace intrigues she faces. Kindhearted and devoted to those she cares about, she forms a deep bond with Lin Ruoxue soon after entering the palace, and the two face hardship together. Even caught in a whirlpool of political schemes, she holds fast to her principles and, with tenacity, strives to survive in the inner palace and realize her own worth.

Unwilling to be a pawn of her family, she longs to find a place of her own in the palace and write a legendary life through her wisdom and abilities. Amid the treacherous palace struggles, she climbs step by step toward the heights of power and glory.