In the third year of Yongqing, the third draft after the new emperor ascended the throne, undercurrents surged within the red walls of Tai Chi Palace.
When Shen Qinghe was sorting out his sister's belongings, he discovered a blood-green jade bracelet that contained cinnabar poison. The abnormal reaction of the imperial court judge and the tonics rewarded by the imperial concubine all point to a carefully woven death trap. When she used the excuse of diagnosing and treating the mad concubine to explore the truth, she accidentally discovered that the ambergris powder in the concubine's nails reacted fatally with the incense in the emperor's palace.
The sound of banging at midnight hides the Morse code, and the gold embroidery on the cuffs of the eunuch in charge reveals his identity. The bronze box salvaged from the bottom of Taiye Pond contains secrets that can overthrow the dynasty. When Qinghe stood on the observatory and watched the sky lanterns turn into fire rain, she finally understood that this deep palace game was destined to be a dead end from the beginning.
The secret history of the palace incident twenty years ago and the mystery of the identity of the orphan of the former prince were all revealed on this bloody night. The moment the birthmark on Qinghe's wrist coincided with the totem written in blood left by the abandoned concubine, the gears of fate began to turn.
