Pei Xingzhi spent twenty years playing a game of chess.
Seven years ago, he walked into the Cui family's villa as a traveling scholar. He placed a flawless jade in the palm of Cui Yanqing's hand and told him that "a jade with only a few flaws is what makes life." He taught him to be benevolent and righteous, to love the people, and to teach him that family, country, and world are more important than a family name. Seven years later, he was the sharpest knife in Yushitai, impeaching Cui family disciples, cutting off Qingzhou's water transportation, and cutting off the enemy's foundation step by step.
But Cui Yanqing didn't know anything. He only knew that Shen Zhongcheng in the conversation, with eyes as calm as an ancient well, would hand over an umbrella in the rain and say "No need to return it."
Until he found another jade in his grandfather's study, flawless, two pieces put together, and the gaps were just right.
The person who gives the jade is the person who destroys his family.
On the night of the palace coup, he stood between the two armies, opened his arms, and used the words that man taught him to persuade everyone to retreat.
In the end, he fell into Pei Xingzhi's arms, put two jade ornaments into the man's hands, and had only one last word -
"Sir... It looks... Ugly when you put it on."
The snow falls on Jian'an, covering up all the romance, except for one song that Zizi sings at night:
Zixi, Zixi, what a good person!
Son is here, son is here, what is the world like this?
Purpose: To explore the emptiness of "after victory" and the incalculability of human nature through a revenge that spans twenty years. When the hatred burns out, can spring grass grow from the remaining ashes?
