In this cannibalistic harem, being unfavored is the original sin. Xiao Mingyue, who was born as a concubine, knows this very well. She turns her photographic memory into the sharpest blade, and lays out a series of deadly killings during the banquet and on the gifts.
From a promise that could be trampled upon by others to becoming an imperial concubine with all the power in the harem, she stepped on the bones of betrayal and sacrifice, firmly believing that only absolute power can control destiny. But when she finally had the entire harem in her hands, in the lonely Cining Palace, she found that she had become the loneliest and most unable to escape in the game.
Winner takes all? No, in this chess game within the Zhuqiang, the stake has always been your own soul.