Strange Dreams in the Southern Dynasties: a Chess Game of Machiavellian Strategy and Redemption

There was a fire in the Zhaoming Palace, and the seventh prince Xiao Jingyan faked his death and transformed into the warehouse official Su Yan, surviving for twenty years. A blood-stained iron card and a life-and-death chess game dragged him back to the whirlpool of the imperial power struggle - the search by the inner guards, the pursuit by the shadow pavilion, and even Yi Xinzhai, who was hidden in the market, turned into a burnt earth. The Kulian Temple is attacked, and the Black Lotus Phantom hides murderous intent; the code word breaks the situation, and the cold-faced female guard A Ruan is actually the only ally. It was rumored that the late emperor's edict contained a shocking secret, and the only person who knew about it was imprisoned in the deepest water cell of the imperial city's imperial edict and endured twenty years of torture in the dark. Diving into underground rivers, breaking through the prison of death, dealing with poisonous needles, and solving puzzles, Su Yan fought for his way out with his broken body and calculated the death situation with his mind. When the split between the "Lotus Guardians" surfaced, and when the collusion between the Shadow Pavilion and the court was gradually exposed, he realized that he was both a pawn and the only hope to break the game. This is a game of power with lives on the line. One wrong step could lead to disaster. And he must dance on the tip of the knife, make a comeback in a desperate situation, uncover the truth about the palace coup twenty years ago, and take back everything that belongs to him.