Shen Qingli, the youngest queen of the Dajing Dynasty, was deposed on the night of her wedding due to family involvement and was imprisoned in the cold palace. Everyone in the world lamented the beauty's poor fate, but they didn't know that she burned the phoenix seal with her own hands and ended up in silence for three years.
Three years later, she returned to the Imperial Capital as a commoner, and with her unparalleled wisdom, she became the sharpest "hidden blade" in the Xuanjing Division. Investigate unsolved cases, solve mysteries, quell border troubles, and single-handedly create the "Qingluan Pavilion", an intelligence network connecting the world. The family that had abandoned her in the past had to look up to her, and the powerful people who despised her trembled in front of her.
And her biggest opponent is the young emperor who pushed her into the cold palace three years ago - Xiao Zhi.
He was a ruthless king in the eyes of the world, but he hid his deepest obsessions and temptations in every life-and-death confrontation with her. He watched her step by step, stirring up the storm. He wanted to break her wings, but he couldn't help but clear the thorny path for her.
"Shen Qingli, what do you want?" He grabbed her wrist at the top of the palace.
"What your Majesty once took away, I will take back by myself." She responded with a smile, but her eyes glanced at the mountains and rivers thousands of miles away, "In addition, in this world of chess, you have the right to hold the piece."
From the abandoned wife in the cold palace to the chess player in the mountains and rivers, from the game between the king and his ministers to the life and death support. This is the loneliest road of counterattack. There will eventually be one person who is willing to spend all his money to hire her to stand side by side and enjoy what they have created with their own hands - the sea banquet and the clear river.
