Shen Weilan, the daughter of a guilty minister, entered the palace as a slave to save her elder brother. She relied on her extraordinary talent and intelligence to deal with the emperor, the prince and the concubines in the harem. From being a maid in the clothing bureau to being in charge of the chess game, she uncovered the truth about the witchcraft case, but found that she had become a prisoner of the power game - she had won the world, but was trapped in the red wall forever.