Shen Zhiwei, an orphan from the previous dynasty, transformed into a mute female painter and sneaked into the palace of the new dynasty in order to investigate the murder of the family. Using her paintbrush as a blade, she navigated the turbulent chess game between the harem and the former dynasty, dealing with the suspicious emperor, the domineering concubine, the noble daughter of the aristocratic family, and the whirlpool of conspiracy. She thought she was just playing a chess game of revenge in order to survive, but in the process of using and being used, she gradually became a chess player who stirred up troubles. When the truth unfolds like peeling off a cocoon, she discovers that the tragedy of that year involved a shocking secret spanning two dynasties between the late emperor, the present emperor, and the person beside her, and the person she fell in love with may be the enemy she deserves to hate the most. In the torn between country and love, loyalty and truth, she must make the final choice - to hide in the palace, or to fly in the sky?
