Three days before the wedding, Prince Xiao Huaijin disappeared.
There was no body, no blood, only half a broken jade pendant and an unfinished sentence.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were very secretive about this.
The emperor didn't investigate, the clan didn't investigate, and even the Xie family advised her not to investigate anymore.
But Xie Lingyi knew.
The person with whom she once talked about the world and agreed to go to the mountains and rivers together will not disappear for no reason.
So she stepped into this situation.
From the old files of the East Palace to the secret documents of the Xuanwei Prison, from the old cases of the border army to the lost star map, she thought she was looking for the whereabouts of the prince, but step by step she uncovered the secret of a dynasty that most did not want to see the light of day.
It turns out someone was lying.
It turns out someone is killing people.
It turns out that this world has never been what she saw.
When the truth surfaced, she discovered——
It's not just the prince who is missing.
There are also truths that have been buried for twenty years.
And she has already become the most important chess piece in this world chess game.
She had no intention of competing for the world.
But when the world needs someone to play chess.
She can only make a move...
