Shen Qingxue, the daughter of the Taifu, has a little cinnabar between her eyebrows. Born in the whirlpool of power and intrigue, she knew from an early age that only by grasping power can she control her destiny.
She worked step by step to help the seemingly idle third prince Xiao Moran embark on the road to becoming the heir apparent. In the game of the Golden Palace, she used the stars to build momentum and relied on spies to send messages to bring down the gang members of the second prince; in the turmoil in the north, she sent Lu Jinglan out of her sheath and Lianyou Pavilion to help Lin Yue stabilize his military power; in the undercurrent of the court, she uncovered fraud in the examination room and eliminated corruption among officials, paving the way for a poor family and laying the foundation for a prosperous age.
She and Xiao Yi are like sisters, one plays chess in the court and the other guards the southern border, and they agree to watch the waves of rice rolling and the fragrance of plum blossoms blooming together; she and Xie Xuan are childhood sweethearts, and the promise of playing chess on the sand table cannot be worth the opposition in the end. They turn from allies to mortal enemies, leaving only a lifetime of regrets; she and Xiao Moran support each other, but they cannot escape the emperor's suspicion, and they are left alone at the top of power.
She has won countless games, from the strategic chess game in Chang'an to the years in the southern border. As a woman, Shen Qingxue has played chess in the world. Her ruthlessness is her armor, and her love is her weakness. She protected the prosperous age, but lost her best friend, and died alone at the pinnacle of power. She spent her life fulfilling her oath of "playing chess for the rest of her life and keeping her promise for the rest of her life."
