Shen Zhiyi, the concubine of the Shangshu Mansion, possesses lost medical skills and is forced to marry Gu Wenyuan, the cold-faced chief minister who dominates the government. On the wedding night, he fulfilled his obligations and left indifferently. She hid the silver needle and just wanted to survive in this cannibalistic prime minister's house. Little did she know that the secrets she uncovered had already drawn her into the center of a whirlpool where the prince was fighting for the right to be the heir and the family was in conflict. The leader of Qingliu, the Wen Run Crown Prince, kept pressing on her, and the concubine's sister, the most beautiful woman in the capital, regarded her as a thorn in his side. When the monstrous conspiracy was finally revealed, Gu Wenyuan locked her into a dark room, touched her frightened face with his blood-stained fingers, and said in a hoarse voice: "I know, this game has begun - neither you nor me can survive alone."
