Under the dragon chair, the white bones are the steps; between the twin faces, a single thought reaches the sky.
When the Dasheng Dynasty was in turmoil, an assassination attempt on the ruthless and powerful prime minister Yan Song revealed a secret that could subvert the government and the opposition: the person who splattered the prime minister's house with blood was not his real body, but his cowardly twin brother Yan Song, who had been exiled to Taoism since childhood.
He is a substitute, a puppet, and the only living chess piece in the center of the whirlpool.
Under the coercion of the sinister eunuch Eunuch Zhao, Yan Song, who was notorious as "Yan Song", was forced to step into this man-eating power arena. He must imitate his brother's ruthlessness and walk on thin ice to survive among the covetous Qingliu leader Lin Yushi, the loyal and self-respecting vassal king's general, and the revengeful assassin who vows to take the life of "Yan Song".
However, in the process of playing this "fake prime minister", Yan Song came into contact with the deeper darkness behind his brother's cold mask: a "Dragon Vein Plan" that built a dam with the bones of 100,000 refugees and sacrificed the life of the young emperor Xiao Jing was actually related to the survival of the empire. It also entangled the Yan family's bloodline for three hundred years.
When the substitute sees the truth, when cowardice ignites a spark:
He wanted to survive, but was forced to play chess. He has a bad reputation, but his heart yearns for glimmers of light. When the "counterfeit" holds the key to turning things around, will he become the new chess player, or will he... Smash the blood-stained chessboard?
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The structure is clear, the characters are distinct, and the logic is clear.
The structure is clear, the characters are distinct, and the logic is clear.