Shen Yanqing was born into a family of officials in the south of the Yangtze River. She appeared to be a concubine, but her biological mother was the daughter of a powerful official in the former dynasty whose family was confiscated. At the age of 9, she was sent to the Reeducation Center in the capital - a secret institution dedicated to training concubines, counselors, and chess pieces for the powerful. Here, what women learn is not the Four Books and Five Classics, but how to listen, how to show weakness, how to make men reveal secrets when they are unprepared, and how to change the situation in the court with a cup of tea, a piece of piano, and a look. This is a "female agent" training camp, and the girls who come out will be sent to various mansions to become the most hidden chess pieces in the hands of the powerful.
