In the twelfth lunar month of the seventeenth year of Jian'an, the fifth emperor of the Daye Dynasty passed away, leaving behind a legacy: he appointed the seventh prince, who was only seven years old, as the new king, and ordered Queen Shen Qingyi to assist in the administration.
Overnight, 34-year-old Shen Qingyi transformed from a palace woman into the de facto helmsman of the Daye Dynasty. However, what greeted her was not flowers and applause, but an airtight network - the chief minister of the cabinet Shen Weizhang intended to evade the Queen Mother, the second minister Li Chonghuan secretly cultivated party members, the clan kings were eyeing him, and the powerful enemies on the border were ready to move.
What's even more troublesome is that she has no children. The new king is not her biological child, and her biological mother, Concubine Shu, is still alive. Once she makes a mistake, she will be charged with "hijacking the young emperor, usurping power and disrupting the government."
In this cage called "Imperial Palace", Shen Qingyi had no choice. She used gentleness as a knife, tears as poison, and smile as a shield, step by step to carve out a way out of the quagmire of power. Standing next to her was her nineteen-year-old daughter, the third princess Li Lingyue.
The mother and daughter in the palace will rely on each other in the whirlpool of power to protect everything they want to protect.
