Once the dynasty collapsed, Shen Qingci, the daughter of the Prime Minister, fell from the clouds into the mire. Her father was wronged and her family was ruined. Only an ebony hairpin remained to tie up her uncool blood and unquenched obsession. After three years of hibernation in the cold garden, she wrapped herself in a coarse cloth and secretly investigated old cases in the vegetable patch on the well, her fingertips were calloused, and the chess game had already been laid out in her mind.
The situation in the capital is treacherous, and Prince Jing Xiao Yu is the most idle outsider and the most hidden chess player. He has a jade belt and jade, and his peach-blossom eyes are half-hidden. He seems to be lingering in the wind and moon, but in fact he is keeping a close eye on the undercurrent of the court. Behind the unjust case of Prime Minister Shen is a huge conspiracy colluded by powerful ministers, and it is also a key chess game on his way to seize power. When he stepped out of the setting sun and stood in front of the dilapidated Prime Minister's Mansion, he said "I am willing to be a counselor and break the puzzle together", tying two people with the past into the same life-and-death game.
A wooden hairpin is her integrity and a token of secret communication; a jade pendant is his authority and a proof of his promise to Zhaoxue. Secret meetings in ruined temples hide mysteries, birthday banquets are performed to create dangerous chess pieces, they use people's hearts as chessboards and power strategies as chess pieces, and they work step by step in the turbulent court. She is full of wits and can solve the puzzle; he is strategizing and clearing the haze in the court.
But this cooperation that started with interests cannot escape the entanglement of love. When the truth comes to light, desire for power collides with sincerity, and hatred and love intertwine. Can they clear up the injustice and protect each other in the chess game of troubled times? The jade hairpin hides the edge, and intrigues lead to love. Let's see how the down-and-out daughter and the idle prince can turn the tables in desperate situations and stay together in the wind and rain.
