Focus on the storm in the court caused by Shuofang's defeat. On the surface, the emperor used the "check and balance technique" to suppress the prince, support the fourth prince, and warn the third prince through the hands of Lu Chen, the commander of the Zhenfu Division, which fully demonstrated the emperor's mind.
Undercurrent, Lu Chen is the real chess player - he tampered with military reports, forged evidence, manipulated the princes to fight, and raised the seventh prince as a puppet. When the emperor sitting on the dragon chair in the Golden Palace smiled and asked, "How well did I play this game of chess?" Lu Chen bowed and praised him, and the moment the door closed, a sarcastic expression suddenly appeared on his lips: A true chess player never plays an unclear chess game. A shocking scam in which "the emperor controls the overall situation" begins.
