In order to avenge the death of his family, Lin Jue, a scholar from a poor family, endured the humiliation and passed the exam with a pen. He wanted to be a knife to stab the powerful traitor, but unexpectedly he was favored by Xiao Luan, the empress who saw everything. He thought she was a superior chess player, but he didn't know that she was also walking alone in the abyss of power. When the court becomes their chessboard and the world becomes their bet, an ultimate tug-of-war between king and minister, man and woman begins. Can he become her sharpest sword while also becoming her only weakness?
