Shen Zhou, a distant member of the royal family, was promoted by the Queen Mother as the regent of the country. Everyone in the court knew that she was making him a scapegoat. The first three prison princes did not survive more than half a year.
Shen Zhou pretended to be stupid and drank poisoned wine, becoming a joke in the court. Secretly, he spent twelve years weaving a web - collecting spies, controlling trade routes, accumulating money, and laying out chess pieces.
When the Queen Mother was about to dethrone the emperor and establish herself, the good-for-nothing that everyone looked down upon finally showed his fangs.
