In the Dayong Dynasty, cultivating the imperial dragon energy was the most respected thing. The more prosperous the princes' dragon energy is, the closer they will be to the position of heir apparent.
The seventh prince, Xiao Jianchen, is the only anomaly in the royal family. He was born with blocked meridians and was unable to condense a trace of dragon energy. He was regarded as a "disabled person" and left to fend for himself in Nanfeng Garden. He was an insignificant discarded piece in the chess game where the kings competed for the heir.
An imperial edict to marry the Taifu's daughter, Shen Yuepo, into his residence was meant to be a humiliation and surveillance by political enemies. However, no one knows that Xiao Jianchen cannot cultivate dragon energy, but he has another, more weird and terrifying talent - he can see and stir the "heart threads" of all things in the world and people's desires.
Shen Yuepo's arrival was like a stone thrown into stagnant water, causing an unprecedented silver ripple in the "dumb chess" game he had laid out.
He, with the human heart as his chord and the heaven and earth as his framework, makes his living in a silent place and makes a living in a desperate situation. When everyone thought he was terminally ill and dying soon, he had already quietly weaved a huge net, preparing to pull down those high-ranking chess players one by one and drag them into the abyss created by his own hands.
This is a war where no gunpowder can be seen. The winner will ascend to the throne; the loser will be destroyed.
