She was once a subjugated princess who was raised in a golden cage by the powerful minister Pei Yuan.
He said he loved her, and she believed him.
So when Pei Yuan personally sent her to the palace as a maid, and allowed her to be humiliated, trampled on, and tortured to pieces by the queen, she was still deep in the prison waiting for him to rescue her.
What was waiting for him was an execution order signed by him.
That night, Jiang Si died on the execution platform.
Three years later, there was a severe drought and refugees spread everywhere.
The richest man in the south of the Yangtze River came to Beijing to offer treasures, but what he offered was a beautiful woman.
The new emperor called her "Concubine Chen", and all the officials worshiped her as "National Preceptor". However, Pei Yuan, the former aloof chief minister, could only kneel at the foot of the steps, looking at the bird whose wings had been broken by him, and stepped up step by step to the phoenix throne where he held all the power.
The knife of revenge was already placed on the enemy's neck, but when she raised her eyes, what she saw was thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in flames of war and starvation everywhere.
It turned out that in today's chess game, she was no longer willing to be just a chess piece.
Intention: to be reborn on the ruins, to embrace the world and forget personal grudges.