Under the centuries-old foundation of the Dayong Dynasty, undercurrents are surging. Chen Yuansi, a scholar from a poor family, entered the court with ideals of governing the world, but he ran into the arena between the civil servant group and the noble forces. In the lonely shadow of the green lantern in the Hanlin Academy, what he glimpsed was not only the chapters and chapters of the classics, but also the thousands of twists and turns of the chess game of power.
His chance encounter with Ouyang Wan'er, the daughter of the imperial censor, was an unexpected change in his career. This woman who is proficient in political power but has a clear heart, uses her body as a woman to penetrate the fog of the court, and she goes from tit-for-tat to working side by side with him. When the dispute over disaster relief funds tears apart the dignity of the court, when the war on the border reflects the unpredictable mood of the emperor, and when the whirlpool of party struggle engulfs the two of them, is the chess piece in their hands a way out to protect themselves, or a sharp blade to break the situation?
Qing Shi's pen has not yet moved, and the chess game has long been settled silently. The Qingyun Road of a poor scholar, the awakening of a noble lady from an aristocratic family, in the Jinluan Hall and Zhu Qiang of the Yong Dynasty, are quietly rewriting the context of the dynasty.
