In the twenty-third year of Kangxi's reign, in the Weaving Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River, a humble cocoon-washing girl named Agui was presented to the emperor as a chess piece because she was gifted with a pair of hands that discerned colors and scents, just to win the favor of the dragon. However, between the silk threads of the dragon robe, she glimpsed a secret that was deeper than the palace - the silk was embroidered with the tightness of money and the ups and downs of officialdom in the entire Jiangnan.
