The imperial prince Pei Jingzhao, the third prince Xie Xueren, the eldest princess Su Qiwen, and the fifth prince Sheng Ziqi are involved in the vortex of seizing the throne because the emperor is seriously ill and about to abdicate. The emperor's confidant Chu Jinyu and the clever maid Tang Zhiwei help the protagonist. The intrigues and intrigues within the palace are endless, with everyone showing their own talents and being disrupted by family, bureaucracy and external forces. Sometimes it is hilarious, sometimes it is emotional. As the situation changes, everyone experiences setbacks and growth, and finally reveals the most humorous but also cruel truth about power. The book is divided into four volumes. Each volume has an independent main axis of strategy, but they also inherit each other and jointly promote the overall situation of the inheritance of the empire. It has climaxes one after another and the whole process is high-energy, with laughter and tears coexisting.
