The Dongling Dynasty is in turmoil. Emperor Yan Yu ascended the throne as a young man and appeared to be incompetent. In the Lielie harem and the court, the power and intrigue never ceased. The protagonist Xie Chen enters the palace as a young man, stumbles along the way, is witty and humorous, and becomes the general manager due to a combination of circumstances. The old forces and the new factions in the court are fighting secretly, and the identities of the enemies and friends are complicated. After Su Wan, the daughter of the Chancellor, first entered the palace and became a woman, she went through several scenes of life and death, smiled in the face of bloodshed, and worked side by side with Xie Chen to resolve the crisis. Luo Jiuyan plays chess behind the scenes, assisting the protagonist, while Han Zhiyi, Zhao Xueming and others become chess pieces and players on the chessboard.
The palace gate is like the sea, and people's hearts are unpredictable. From secret struggles and overt intrigues, to the plot full of jokes, to the final moment when the protagonists break through the shackles of fate and go their separate ways, family, friendship, and love grow under the power of intrigue. The whole book is characterized by fast pace, humor, and ups and downs of the plot. The palace situation is simple and clear, with tears in the laughter, and the machinations and human nature, fate and self are intertwined into a long wind and clouds.
