In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, a hundred schools of thought contend, and every feudal state dreams of unifying the realm.
Duke Huan of Qi ordered his chancellor Guan Zhong to establish the Lantai Pleasure House, increasing state revenue, gathering intelligence from every state, controlling the economy, and bringing down rival regimes. The Lantai Pleasure House was the first state-run brothel in human history, known to history as the “women’s quarters.”
In 376 BC, Han, Zhao, and Wei joined forces to depose Jing of Jin, the last ruler of the Jin state, and divide up all the remaining lands of the Jin royal house. With this, the state of Jin was utterly destroyed.
That same year, Duke Xian of Qin secretly devised the “Ant Nest” plan, intending to rot away and dismantle rival regimes from within and thereby unify the realm. He dispatched agents to each state, where they secretly established Ant Nest organizations.
A young man from the ancient state of Shu is sent to Linzi, the capital of Qi, with orders to go undercover at the famed Lantai Pleasure House and secretly establish an Ant Nest organization.
The entire story takes place inside the Lantai Pleasure House. Watch as the young man gradually wins the hearts of twelve celebrated courtesans and recruits them to his cause. In the end, he successfully takes control of the Lantai Pleasure House, commands the economy, and gathers intelligence from every state, making an outstanding contribution to the later unification of the realm by Qin Shi Huang.
