[Two male protagonists] In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Shen Qingci entered the side palace to serve as the regent Xiao Xuanye's attendant. He thought he was here to protect his sister.
The young prince was under house arrest for seven years, and the government was in the hands of the queen mother. There was a rumor in the palace: The late emperor was dying and his edict was burned.
Shen Qingci brings tea every day, and Xiao Xuanye waits for him every day. The tea has gone cold and no one comes to collect it.
From temptation to alliance, from suspicion to surrender. Xiao Xuanye thought he was waiting for an unsheathed sword, but the person waiting was gentler than the sword.
It wasn't until the night the truth was revealed that Shen Qingci discovered——
The sister he has protected for half his life has never needed his protection. She is the chess player.
And he and Xiao Xuanye were just the last two chess pieces.
No one is clean within the palace walls. But they chose to stand side by side in blood and ashes.
