Qing Yan, the daughter of the prime minister's palace, was famous for his gentleness and orderliness in Beijing. The engagement with Prince Zhenbei had only been finalized for the second half of the year, and the Queen Mother made a decree and took her into the palace as a hostage - named the princess companion, in fact, she was a pawn to check and balance the two families.
Everyone said she was weak and could be bullied, and she should be manipulated.
No one knows that the hands that write and post are already weaving a web in secret. What she wants to investigate is not only the queen mother's thoughts and her fiancé's ambitions, but also the origin and destination of every piece in the chess game.
The Prince of Zhenbei, Zhan Zhisui, looks gentle and affectionate, but in fact, he colludes with the Imperial Army and the border troops to plan a rebellion to change the government. And the Prince Jing, Kan Yunzhao, who met her eyes in the imperial garden, was cold, taciturn, and decisive in killing—he had an old scar behind his ear, exactly the same as the boy who rescued her from Xishan Villa twelve years ago.
He broke open a cloud-patterned pendant, gave half to her, and kept the other half for himself, saying that he would recognize her by this.
Twelve years later, in the deep palace, two pieces of jade pendants were perfectly pieced together.
He asked her: Are you willing to join forces with me?
She said: I want to be the one who plays chess.
The prison of the palace, the undercurrent of the court, the marriage contract is both a shackle and a cover. What she wants to win is not just a conspiracy, but also the women's school she founded by herself after breaking free from the shackles, and the women who can live well without having to rely on anyone.
Reading guide:
· The heroine who appears gentle but is actually sober × The heroine who appears to be cold and serious but is actually a love-minded hero
· Childhood sweethearts meet again after a long separation | Engagement intrigues pull on both sides | Two strong men join forces to start a career
· 1v1 | HE | Myth
Purpose: Use your own body to break the shackles of etiquette and education, and use your glimmer of light to lead women to become independent.