The Daliu Dynasty arose out of the flames of war at the end of the previous dynasty. It took Taizu thirty years to reunite the shattered nine states. This hard-won stability has left a mark of contradiction in the dynasty's bones - on the one hand, it longs for prosperity and order to cover up the pain, but on the other hand, the restless blood of troubled times flows deep in its texture.
A hundred years have passed, and during the Yongxi period, the Zhuque Street in the capital was noisy with carriages and horses, and thousands of sails were competing for canal transportation, creating a prosperous era. But under the palace walls, there are already turbulent undercurrents. The imperial power and the intricately connected aristocratic families maintain a delicate balance. The twists and turns of the young master's accession to the throne and the queen mother's hanging of the curtain have made the new military elite and the regent with heavy troops become the key forces to stir up the situation in the court.
In this era, a woman's fate is determined from birth. A noble girl from a noble family studied poetry, calligraphy and virtue, but eventually became a pawn in a family marriage. In the silent battlefield between the back house and the palace, smiles and tears are weapons, and sincerity and love are just extravagant illusions.
But in the repressed soil, there is still a spark of resistance. The cry of the previous dynasty that "Princes and generals would rather live together" has not completely dissipated in the public. The faint possibility of crossing the class has attracted countless unwilling souls to give it a try.
Ru Yan, who once drank poisonous wine and died with hatred, returned to nirvana in such a world. Reborn in a familiar yet unfamiliar whirlpool of power, she holds the sharp blade of revenge, but she also stands at a fork in the road of fate: should she let her anger burn all betrayals, or should she break free from the shackles on top of the ashes and find a new path to reinvent herself?
Intent: In a chess game where a dynasty flourishes and declines, a woman who has returned from nirvana breaks through the shackles, and explores the path to rebirth after destruction amid the power game and the entanglement of love and hate.