Gu Qinghan, a counselor who came from a humble background, worked every step to help his master seize the direct heir, and set his sights on Xiao Wanyin, the daughter of an important minister in the court and the distinguished head of Zhenbei County. Starting with a carefully planned "hero saving a beauty", he used gentleness and intelligence to weave a love web and lure her into the chess game. The proud and bright Xiao Wanyin fell into his affection, but she didn't know that there was a cold calculation behind it. When Gu Qinghan's plot succeeded and the Xiao family fell into crisis, Xiao Wanyin suddenly woke up and his love turned into deep-seated hatred.
However, the chess player was eventually mistaken for the chess piece, and Gu Qinghan, who had already moved his true heart in the scheme, realized the heart-wrenching pain of losing her. The main plot of the novel revolves around the heroine's transformation from innocence to rebirth, and the hero's journey from being deceived to repenting and embarking on the long road of redemption "Chasing His Wife in the Crematorium". The two fell in love and killed each other in the whirlpool of court affairs and the righteousness of their family and country, and finally rebuilt trust on the ruins of power and conspiracy, composing a legend of pure love that lasts until death.
