□□ In the fourth year of Yuanxi, undercurrents surged under the prosperous age.
Queen Huo Yu'er gave birth to a legitimate son, but due to the celestial prophecy that "the son will defeat the father", she became a victim of the emperor's suspicion. The entire Huo family was overthrown, leaving the orphaned queen and her infant son alone in the palace, surrounded by enemies on all sides.
Gu Lian, the former number one scholar, turned to his close friend Fu Shan who lived in seclusion in Xang Er Mountain to save his childhood sweetheart. Fu Shan, who has unparalleled medical skills, disobeyed his master's ancestral precepts and went down the mountain with medicine, but he ran into an even bigger whirlpool - the West Factory Admiral Yi Chao'en, a powerful young eunuch with ruthless methods, was watching this life-and-death chess game with cold eyes.
Three men with very different destinies are forced to join forces to deal with the emperor's intrigues, secret fights in the harem, and wars on the frontier due to the life and death of a woman and the fate of a child. They use silver needles as their blades and tactics as their methods, trying to snatch a glimmer of life from the tiger's mouth.
However, a fire on New Year's Eve burned away the last innocence. When the news of the queen's "death" came out, when the young prince was secretly sent out of the palace wall, and when Gu Lian was demoted to a place of certain death, they suddenly understood——
They were never the ones holding the chess game.
Those who "do not need to return" are loyal and separated. This person has been promised to the country, and it is difficult to accept the minister.
Intent: A historical machinations drama based on "Elixirs of Medicine", exploring the eternal propositions of loyalty and righteousness, crime and punishment, protection and sacrifice.