Yan Qingyi, the daughter of the former Taifu who had been dormant for ten years, returned to the center of power by using her identity as the adopted daughter of a Jiangnan salt merchant, and used the restoration of ancient books as a tool to uncover the truth about the "Heque Case". In the power game with the regent Xiao Ji, the two went from being each other's pawns to the bond of burning through the troubled times together, and finally found a third way between the political reform and the bloody old debts - rewriting the law with "The Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers", using the unicorn seal to depose the Phoenix Guards, so that talented women from poor families can truly stand in the court...
Concept: "Jade Palace Ci" takes "truth and redemption" as its core concept, and explores the complex relationship between power and justice, hatred and forgiveness through the heroine Yan Qingyi's revenge road to clear her father's wrong. The story demonstrates the wisdom and tenacity of women in feudal politics, and at the same time reveals the price and possibility of redemption behind the truth. In the end, the heroine found a balance between revenge and the righteousness of her family and country, and completed self-salvation and the innovation of the times with the spirit of "Jade can be broken but cannot be changed to white".