The legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo was reborn as the sickly concubine of the second ministerial family of the cabinet.
Her biological mother died in childbirth, her biological father regarded her as an abandoned son, and her sister-in-law was a high-ranking imperial concubine. Everyone thought she was just an obedient pawn sent to the palace by her family.
On the day of the election, the emperor asked her about her ambition, and she replied: "Live."
This clarity gave her the Sacred Heart and the murderous intent.
The queen suppressed her with rules, the concubine used poisonous tricks to harm her, and the eldest sister regarded her as a thorn in her side.
On the surface, she is timid and dull, but secretly she has conquered the daughter of the guilty minister, the dancer in the school, and the tiger girl of the general, and weaves an invisible intelligence network.
What she brought into the palace with her was not a dowry, but an ambition to destroy a century-old family and stir up the world's chess game.
Intent: This is a story about "how a sober person breaks out in a cage".
On the surface, it is a legend of a counterattack by a concubine who rises from the bottom of the palace to the throne through resourcefulness; on a deeper level, it is about how a group of women who have no control over themselves can escape the fate of being "chess pieces" under the feudal imperial power and aristocratic family system, support each other, and find their own way out.
The core idea is: true strength is not to trample others under your feet, but to still be able to light a light for yourself and your companions in the darkest place.