Jiang Zhichi, a grassroots strategist who lived in a remote town, was involved in a court storm because of a clever plan. He has experienced multiple games of intrigue, rivers and lakes, and family and country with Xiao Tan from a high-ranking family, Li Changge, the fallen prince, and Song Boren, the treacherous and powerful official. The story uses a compact and humorous tone to show everyone's dramatic moves in overt and covert struggles, calculations and counter-calculations. Their destinies are intertwined, and they can't help themselves, and they gradually grow up in the struggle. In the end, everyone's struggle triggered an unprecedented chaos. Jiang Zhichi and others made their own choices at the turning point of fate, drawing a different ending for power, ideals, and each other.