Shen Qingyan, the concubine of the Ministry of Rites, is a talented and upright person. Because he offended the second prince by speaking out loud about poetry, he was framed and imprisoned, and his future was about to be ruined. In a desperate situation, he was rescued by Xiao Jian, Prince of Ning, who was considered "absurd and incompetent" by the world, and he entered a bottomless game of power and chess. On the surface, Xiao Jian is a mediocre person, but in fact he has endured for seven years, secretly weaving a web, just to find out the unjust case of his biological mother and change the situation.
From the unjust imprisonment of the Ministry of Punishment to the Jiangnan salt tax case, from the imperial examination turmoil to the elixir mystery, the two are both teachers and friends, masters and conspirators, and they work together step by step in the turbulent court and rivers and lakes. Shen Qingyan observes the world with a literary mind and uses his pen as a blade; Xiao Jian observes the sky with a chess game, and his moves are silent. Together, they faced the imperial power struggle, the scheming of the aristocratic family, and the feud between brothers, and they forged a golden love through trust and temptation.
This is a battle about dignity and cost, and it is also a journey to illuminate each other in the darkness and go through mountains and rivers together. When the truth is revealed layer by layer, can they keep their true intentions in the chaos and become each other's sharpest "mirror" and gentlest "yu"?
Concept: Concept of the work · Choosing light in the darkness, standing side by side in a desperate situation: telling how two underdogs break the shackles of identity and destiny, achieve mutual success in the whirlpool of power, and find their own way. · Machiavellian strategy is more than calculation, but also protection and trust: in the thrilling chess game, explore the weight of trust and the price of choice - seeking the world, but also seeking sincerity. · Jade needs to be carved, and the blade needs to be hidden: Growth is not about losing one's true nature, but learning when to show off one's edge and when to hold back one's strength in the rapids, and ultimately become the power to break through situations and keep one's heart.