Song Qingyao was originally an orphan in troubled times. Her parents died and she fled to the capital. When she was on the verge of starving to death, she was rescued by a poor scholar Wen Zhiyu.
He took her back to his simple residence and took good care of her. They stayed with her day and night, and their love grew secretly. As spring was approaching, Wen Zhiyu was studying for exams behind closed doors in the academy. Song Qingyao went out shopping alone. Because of her eye-catching appearance, she was kidnapped as a concubine by a powerful local landlord and imprisoned in a deep house.
When Wen Zhiyu returned, after hearing what his neighbors said, he desperately went to the landlord's house to plead, but was beaten to death by the ruthless landlord.
When the bad news came, Song Qingyao was heartbroken. He believed that he had brought down his sweetheart, so he hit the wall in despair and ended his life.
When she opened her eyes again, she was reborn and returned to the streets of the capital.
In this life, she is determined to stay away from Wen Zhiyu and never become his disaster again. She has seen through the cruelty of the world and knows that without power, life is like a piece of grass.
She restrained the tenderness in her heart, hid her pure nature, and used her appearance as a blade to plot her way around the various powerful people: the scheming prince, the regent who held the court, the enthusiastic and flamboyant young general, the arrogant and unruly Prince Yong'an, the young master of Qianji Pavilion, and the cold and distant Imperial Master...
She was determined to climb upwards, but all she wanted was to hold the supreme authority and protect Wen Zhiyu's safety for the rest of her life.
But she had no idea that she was not the only one who returned from that parting of life and death with memories.
He was also reborn.
The chess game in the deep palace slowly unfolds, with murderous intent and all kinds of calculations at every step.
From an orphan girl in the dust to the empress dowager who holds the Phoenix Seal and holds all the power in the world, Song Qingyao stepped over thousands of corpses and brought all the once high-ranking dignitaries into the palace and bowed their heads to serve them.
