In the Dayong Harem, when Wanyi Shen Weiwan gave birth to twins Xiao Che and Xiao Heng, she fell out of favor due to the "witchcraft case". Queen Liu wanted to eliminate the mother and her son in order to eliminate the root cause. Shen Weiwan used medical science to set up a plan: she used sun-dried placenta mixed with wax to fake a "stillbirth", applied antiseptic herbs to cover the flaws, fed Xiao Heng a "fake death medicine" and hid it in a secret pavilion in a Buddhist shrine, and only claimed to the outside world that she had given birth to Xiao Che.
From then on, the twins coexisted openly and secretly: Xiao Che pretended to be a cowardly child, threw jade lamps, endured bullying, and lowered Queen Liu's wariness with his "incompetence"; Xiao Heng secretly learned Xiao Che's handwriting in the secret pavilion and observed the supervisor's weaknesses - the palace maid Chuntao was afraid of Albizia Julibrissin pollen, and the accompanying Sun Liu Mingji's peach pollen were all recorded and archived by him.
Empress Liu tried many times: giving her poisonous longan soup, Shen Weiwan asked a civet cat to test the poison and keep a certificate; she forced Sun Liuming to use eyeliner, and Xiao Heng planted peach blossom branches at night to cause his allergies. Shen Weiwan even took the opportunity of delivering medicine to pass on the information about Liu's embezzlement of medicinal materials and the hidden medicinal residue to the Queen Mother, laying the groundwork.
Queen Liu suspected that the "stillbirth" was fake, so she led the imperial army to "search for witchcraft" and surrounded the garden. Xiao Heng hid in the mezzanine of the Buddhist niche with breathing holes and soothing incense. Shen Weiwan threw out the account book "Liu family embezzled disaster relief food", and the clan veterans also expressed support by saying "Jingsi Garden is the clan's holy land". The late emperor was furious, banned Queen Liu, and gave her a "forbidden place token" to protect Jingsi Garden.
The safe haven was temporarily established. In the secret pavilion, Xiao Heng touched half of a dragon-patterned jade pendant and wrote "I will live up to your majesty in the future." Although the battle for survival within the palace wall has ceased, the shadow of the twins has quietly spread towards the pinnacle of power.
