In the last years of Jing Yao, the imperial power was in turmoil. Deep in the Jiuzhong Palace, a secret war surrounding water transportation, salt administration and the secret treasures of the previous dynasty quietly began. The King of Qi, Li Che, went south on orders to implement the New Deal on the surface, but in fact he was trying to find out the truth about the murder of King Ying ten years ago. However, he did not know that he had already become a dangerous piece in the emperor's chess game.
On a rainy night in Jiangning, the leader of the Cao Gang died suddenly and mysteriously, and the account books were missing; in Zhenjiang, undercurrents under the command of the King of Wei were raging, and a shocking network of arms smuggling was involved behind Yan Yin. However, the seemingly ordinary "Visiting Dai on a Snowy Night" actually hides clues about the treasures of the previous dynasty - the inscriptions in the painting are like ciphers, the fishing rod points to the palace, and every ink mark is a bloody puzzle.
Princess Shen Qingci of Qi used her paintings as a sword to decipher her late mother's secret letter and step by step closer to the truth about King Ying's murder; Su Hengyu walked on thin ice between twisted control and resonance with her close friends; while Lu Qingwan in the capital, a piece of plain paper concealed a sharp edge, laying a dragnet in the romance of poetry and wine. Is having two concubines side by side a favor or a shackle? Was the floating corpse in Caohe an accident or was it suppressed? When the war broke out in northern Xinjiang, the light of the swords of the three kings seizing the direct descendants finally cut through the gentle mist and rain in the south of the Yangtze River——
Who is using the New Deal to purge dissidents? Who is the real chess player behind the Ying Wang case?
And when the "Double Dragon Jade Pendant" is put together and the stone hole is opened, will what appears in this world be wealth that can overturn the country, or will it be a life-threatening talisman?
In the palace on a rainy night, the golden hairpin pierced the throat of the noble concubine's last words; in the ancient temple on a snowy night, the secret agreement of the leader of the Guiyi Society hid murderous intent. This is a chess game in which the world is at stake. If you make a move, you will have no regrets. If you make a wrong move, you will lose everything.
When Zi Chen resigns, the blood will become thicker.
