The red walls and glazed walls reflect the moonlight, and this palace hides blood that is thicker than powder. The concubine Shen Qingci was forced to replace her eldest sister and ascended to the throne under the name "Shen Qingyi". Little did she know that under the phoenix crown and the rosy veil, it was the end of the imperial master's "wrath to sacrifice" - on the full moon night three days later, she would be the sacrifice in the Zhaixing Tower.
In a desperate situation, she unexpectedly awakens to the ability to read minds: when the Queen Mother was twisting the beads, she was thinking about the secret of the late Queen's "death"; Concubine Shu was full of smiles, but her thoughts were all about poisonous plots to kill her; Concubine De seemed neutral, but in fact she was weighing the pros and cons of forming an alliance.
She used mind-reading as a blade and worked step by step: she used some green steps to set up a trap, so that the provocative Liu Concubine would be charged with "transgression" and cut off the concubine Shu's arm; she cleverly changed the subject at the Queen Mother's banquet and turned "disobedience" into "benevolence"; in the twilight palace, she formed an alliance with the concubine De, and found out the loopholes in the sacrificial rituals.
When the incense burned in Zhaixinglou, she used sulfur powder to cover her hands and feet, and used cotton thread to move the candlestick, so that the "incense extinguished warning" broke the lie of "the wrath of heaven". He also revealed the blood-stained jade pendant of the late queen in the secret passage under the altar, forcing the Imperial Master to reveal the truth - the so-called "sacrifice" was just an excuse to consolidate imperial power.
In this fate-based game, machinations and illusions intertwined, and she finally broke through with her mind-reading powers. From being a sacrifice to be slaughtered, she became a chess player within the palace walls.
