Chu Yunxiu's biggest wish in this life is to rely on her family's embroidery skills to buy a small courtyard with a garden in the south of the Yangtze River and watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the courtyard. It was not until the double-sided different-color embroidery piece of "Koi Playing Lotus" that she won the reputation of "the best embroiderer in the south of the Yangtze River", and also earned her the imperial edict to enter the palace to embroider a birthday screen for the Queen Mother. Everyone said that this was a glory that would touch the heavens, but for Chu Yunxiu, it was like stepping into purgatory on earth. Deep in the inner courtyard of the palace, there is a human heart that is more intricately intertwined than the most complicated patterns on the embroidery. She wanted to stay out of it, but the moment she stepped into the palace gate, she became an insignificant pawn. In an accident, she broke through the concubine's conspiracy and was almost beaten to death by Yi Zhanghong, but was rescued by the deposed prince who was under house arrest in the East Palace. The once glorious and famous prince was now the god of plague that everyone avoided. He looked at her hands covered with needles and said solemnly: "Your hands can embroider beautiful mountains and rivers, and can also weave the vitality of the Jedi. Would you like to use needles as blades and threads as matchmakers to be my eyes hidden in the dark?" From then on, Chu Yunxiu's embroidery was no longer just for romance. One is walking through the snow in search of plum blossoms. The direction of the plum branches is a map of the deployment of troops outside the city; one is a night photo of a lotus pond, and the number of lotus seeds in the lotus pods indicates officials who can be won over by the court; one is a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix. The most inconspicuous golden thread on the phoenix's tail feathers hides the final secret message to overthrow the powerful officials. She wandered on the tip of the knife, listening to the thunder in the silent place. Everyone thought she was just a timid embroiderer who relied on her crafts to survive, but little did they know that the dragnet she had woven had already quietly enveloped the entire Forbidden City. Later, the new emperor ascended the throne,
