Modern chess player Su Yao transmigrates one day into an ancient court-romance novel as a doomed concubine candidate who dies from the start. Faced with the System's threat of death and the bloody turmoil of the imperial harem, she laughs coldly and tears up the script, turning the entire imperial city into a deadly chessboard.
To defy fate, she sets her sights on Prince Jing, Xiao Yan, a man of immense power, aloof and abstinent. A single shocking remark at the execution grounds, a game of chess played from afar: she uses herself as bait, dancing dangerously in the emperor's palm, while carefully luring the desireless prince into breaking his vows and losing control for her.
He knows she is a poisonous flower bristling with thorns, yet willingly drinks from the poisoned cup. She believes herself to be the player, never realizing she has already fallen into the web of affection he carefully wove. From an abandoned consort in the cold palace to the regent's princess consort, from a strategist behind the scenes to the ruler of the six palaces, they are each other's blades and each other's weakness.
When the mystery of her transmigration is revealed, and she must choose between the realm and the one she loves most
This game of chess, with the world as its stake, ends with the realm as the betrothal gift, promising you a lifetime as worthy opponents, together until your hair turns white.
