She is Hesheli Sujin, the true love of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty; she is Zhang Zhenjun, the concern of Emperor Suzong of the dying Tang Dynasty. A war that fights to conquer the world but also a game of victory and defeat, a past that never meets again, a song with flowers blooming and yellow beams and a dream. Many years later, she looks down at Chang'an, with the palace facing the sky. This is the place where fame and ambition are entangled, this is the place where she has shelved for half her life. Who has betrayed whom, who is playing the game, and who is doing the chess, how to tell?