There Is a Situation in the East Palace

In the Dasheng Dynasty, the prince Xiao Chengan was ridiculed by the Manchu civil and military officials as the "clay prince" - he never spoke in court meetings, only read and played chess all day long, and was cowardly and incompetent. No one knew that there was a suicide note written in blood by his mother before his death, and there were clues to the late emperor's edict engraved on the back of the chess piece. In the unjust case of witchcraft ten years ago, Pei Yanzhi framed his mother and Emperor Jing tacitly allowed it. The twelve-year-old prince knelt outside the Xuanzheng Hall for three days and three nights, and no one paid attention to him. From that day on, he put away all his sharp edges, used the word "waste" as an armor, and secretly weaved a web for ten years. Powerful ministers are in power, princes are vying for heirs, and the queen mother is old. Everyone thought that the prince was the most insignificant loser on the chessboard - until the moment he placed the stone, everyone was shocked: the whole board was his. After ten years of pretending to be a pig, one day he showed his sword. In this game of chess, no one could beat him from the beginning.