"Fengqi Wutong: Xuanji Bureau" revolves around palace intrigues and emotional entanglements. It tells a series of ups and downs after the heroine Wan'er entered the palace from the third year of Yonghe to the seventh year of Yonghe.
In the third year of Yonghe's reign, Wan'er brought the "Xuan Ji Picture" to the palace to crack the Queen Mother's chess game, but she coughed up blood in front of the emperor and showed her weakness. After that, a bloody star appeared in the Taiye Pool, the Qintian Prison was silenced, and mysteries such as the emperor's double identity and the appearance of the Snow Wolf Guards followed one after another. The old case of the sudden death of the late empress and the self-immolation of a maid from the Huanyi Bureau were also revealed. Wan'er formed Xuanji Pavilion to collect intelligence personnel. The Queen Mother married Situ's legitimate daughter, and Wan'er was banned from the cold palace.
In the fourth year of Yonghe's reign, fraud in the imperial examinations caused turmoil in the court. Secret letters from Beidi appeared in the Prime Minister's Office, and various forces fought openly and secretly for border defense plans and poisonous insects. Incidents such as the queen's false pregnancy, the attack on Qiu Lie, and the possession of poison by Jiaowei Qinxian continued. The ice coffin of the former princess was discovered in the underground palace of the emperor's mausoleum. She looked exactly like the queen mother, and everyone swore by the silver bell.
In the fifth year of Yonghe, the heroine discovers poisonous insects in her fetus, and poisonous poisons are detected in the emperor's body. Wan'er fights with the Queen Mother in exchange for an antidote, but is fed poisonous wine by the emperor. The fake death medicine triggers a coup in the Situ family. The queen reveals her identity as the eldest princess of Beidi, and the Snow Wolf Guard besieges the city. Wan'er leads a female official to break the formation and burn Situ's mansion. The Queen Mother activates the blood puppet formation, and the Tianshu envoy dies.
In the seventh year of Yonghe, the Shadow Guard and the Snow Wolf Guard fought in the street, the emperor beheaded Situ Rui, the Ice Coffin Girl identified Wan'er as Nanzhao's legacy, the Queen Mother was counterattacked by the Gu King and handed over the remaining pages of the "Xuanji Picture", and the truth about Wan'er's life experience was revealed. Subsequently, the female officials were restructured, and the emperor personally fought to protect Wan'er from arrows. Wan'er used the seven-star life-extending lamp to save the emperor. In the end, the empress lived in seclusion in the south of the Yangtze River and burned the "Xuan Ji Picture" to start a new game.
