Xie Yunci, the legitimate son of the Marquis of Jing'an, was born into a noble family, but was beheaded for an unfounded crime of treason. He escaped by chance, changed his name and sneaked into the East Palace, and became an inconspicuous attendant next to the prince Xiao Jue.
Xiao Jue's gentle and jade-like appearance hides his thunderous methods. Both the government and the public praised his benevolence. Only Xie Yunci had seen his cold-blooded appearance when he stepped on bones and climbed to the East Palace. Two people with blood feuds, one endures humiliation to seek the truth, and the other works step by step to secure his position, testing each other on the tip of the knife, and relying on each other in the dark night.
Until Xie Yunci discovered that the real culprit he was tracking was pointing to the black figure in the deepest part of the East Palace. Xiao Jue also started a chess game at this time, using him as bait to fish out the giant crocodile dormant in the middle of the court.
In the Jinluan Palace, Xie Yunci held his sword and asked, but Xiao Jue whispered in his ear: "I was the one who saved you from the sea of fire back then."
It turns out that it was a double game from the very first encounter. You set up an ambush for me, and I make moves for you. In the end, who is whose chess piece, and who is whose calamity?
Purpose: To explore the possibility of trust and redemption in the most treacherous game of power; to ask whether the true heart can penetrate the mask of hypocrisy and reach eternity under numerous calculations.