Machiavellian Confrontation

Within the red wall, every step is startling. She used her bare hands to turn clouds and rain, and found a glimmer of hope in the bloody conspiracy—— Shen Qingci was originally a talented girl from a poor family. She won the favor of the emperor because of a white jade hairpin, but she also got involved in the harem whirlpool because of the hairpin. The wise concubine fell into the water, the concubine Shu was hypocritical, and the emperor was suspicious. She was forced to change from a shunner to a gamer. When the truth was peeled back layer by layer, she was shocked to realize that she was just a pawn on the chessboard, and the person holding the chessboard was actually the person closest to her. - Game of Two Powers: The scheming concubine vs. The incomparable resourcefulness of the heroine. Each game is a series of interlocking schemes. You plot against me, murdering each step. - Undercurrents of power intrigue: The struggle in the harem is intertwined with the party struggle in the former dynasty. The military power of the general, the corruption of relatives, and the background of the princess are all deadly bargaining chips. -Reversal of human nature: the disguise technique of the loyal palace maid, the betrayal of the eunuch chief, the secret of the disgraced concubine Duan, everyone wears a mask, and the truth is always crueler than the appearance. Golden sentence "How many bones and blood of beautiful flowers are buried under the white jade steps of the Forbidden City? And we are just birds raised in a golden cage. Even when we die, we have to sing a song that pleases people."