"In today's chess game, the person holding the piece may not be a man."
The situation in the imperial court of the Great Zhou Dynasty was treacherous, and the powerful were quarreling with each other. However, Chu Qingge, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhen, was the most unexpected chess player in this chess game.
She is proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she is as strategic and courageous as any man. A palace banquet and a song "Guangling San" made Gu Qingrang, the new top scholar in the imperial examinations, amazed. Xie Linyuan, the border general, was enamored of her. Shen Yi, a business prodigy, was secretly impressed. Even Zhou Jingyu, the prince of the country, treated her differently.
However, Chu Qingge was not a delicate noblewoman trapped in a boudoir. When her father was framed for a military salary embezzlement case and the family was in danger, she resolutely stepped into the whirlpool of the court and dealt with power and conspiracy as a woman.
Gu Qingrang was willing to go through the legal books for her and argue her case in court;
Xie Linyuan is willing to protect each other with military exploits, and his iron-blooded tenderness only bends his back for her;
Shen Yi spent all his family wealth to pave the way for her to succeed;
And the high and mighty Crown Prince held the Phoenix Seal in front of her eyes and promised her a lifetime of prosperity.
But what Chu Qingge wanted was never to rely on someone's nepotism——
What she wants is the truth, justice, and for the world to see that women can also play chess and... Run the country!
Machiavellian tactics and affection are intertwined. Let's see how she carves out her own path to success in this male-dominated chess game...
