Canglan water is turbid, and people's hearts are even turbid.
With a plan to control floods, the new champion Shen Qinglan tore open the dynasty's glamorous skin. The regent Xiao Jingyi issued an order and pushed him into the bottomless murky waters of Cangzhou. Everyone said that this was a boy from a poor family who was dying - the flow of three hundred thousand taels of silver was vaguely pointing to the high wall of the Prince Regent's Palace.
After Shen Qinglan left, she was shocked to realize that she was already a piece on someone else's chessboard. Lanruo Temple's cold arrows, mysterious darts, meaningful warnings from colleagues... The truth is like a fog, and hidden in the fog are the murders in the East Palace ten years ago, the bones under the river embankment, and his own confusing life experience.
Jamel Xiao was also looking at him. This powerful prince has turned the court into a chess game in the past three years. Everyone said that he was domineering, but he was the only one who remembered the late emperor's last words: "The country... Must be handed over to those who have the people at heart."
One wants to investigate the case, and the other wants to eliminate it. It was supposed to be the hunter and the prey, but in the confusion, a bigger shadow was glimpsed step by step - the hands that pushed everything were pushing the entire dynasty into the abyss.
When trust becomes a luxury and when the truth is stained with blood, two smart people have to join hands in confrontation to identify the truth among lies. The stakes in this game of chess are no longer power, but thousands of miles of mountains and rivers and thousands of lights.
A game of chess sets the world apart, and the two peaks stand up like a giant.
