During the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, in order to get ahead, a poor boy Kong Wu and his brother Chen Shuang escorted tributes to the capital. On the way, he rescued a beautiful girl who was being chased by Tenri cultists, and accidentally got involved in a palace dispute. With his wisdom and courage, he fought back from hard labor in the construction department to become an imperial guard. He survived step by step amid the intrigues in the harem and the strife in the court. After experiencing betrayal and sacrifice, he finally climbed from the bottom to the top of power, staging a legend of promotion from a humble family intertwined with blood and intrigue.
