In the winter of the 18th year of Yongchang, Gu Yuan, the Marquis of Zhenbei, died in battle and was accused of treason. The Hou Mansion collapsed in an instant, and sixteen-year-old Gu Qingci fell from the clouds. He moved with his elderly grandmother and young cousin to a dilapidated farm on the outskirts of Beijing. Here, relying on the skills and strategies taught by her father during his lifetime, she started by weaving lacquerware and gradually established her own industrial network.
With the help of Xie Yunshen, the son of the Taifu, Qingci improved his ordnance and was appreciated by the court, but he also got involved in a deeper court whirlpool. The frequent temptations of Zhao Heng, the crown prince of Yongning, the unsolved mysteries of Black Water Prison in northern Xinjiang, and the coded clues left by his father before his death all point to a conspiracy that has been brewing for many years.
When the embroidery needle turns into a sharp knife and the loom becomes a sand table, this noble daughter who once had no fingers in the spring water will use her wisdom and courage to prove that the brocade string has fifty strings for no reason, and each string and one pillar miss the past. Even though her fate is unfortunate, she still has to walk out of her own beautiful life among the thorns.
