Gu Nanyi knew that she was just a pawn of the Gu family in the power struggle, and later became a pawn of Fu Jingmo in his quest for power.
But should the chess pieces just accept their fate? She, Gu Nanyi, didn't! She must survive in this chaotic dance of demons!
Fu Jingmo witnessed his mother being sentenced to death, his mother's family being beheaded, and being exiled. He vowed to take the seat of the person who caused his mother pain by any means necessary, and to make sure that the person who plotted against his mother would not have a good death.
One seeks survival and flees everywhere; the other seeks power and presses every step of the way. Maybe fire and water should be incompatible, it's either this or that, but the heart is like a wild beast, breaking out of the cage.
Intention: Machiavellian tactics and ancient sayings