A Game of Go in the Palace

Genres: Alternate History and Political Intrigue | Two Female Leads | Imperial Court Politics | Mysterious Old Case | Formidable Rivals Character Profiles Xiao Wanci | The most cherished Princess Anle of the Great Zhao dynasty. She has spent her life in the inner palace, enjoying the emperor's unmatched favor. Beneath her spoiled, carefree facade lies a shrewd mind, and she is secretly investigating a shocking old case that destroyed an entire clan years ago. Pei Zhiheng | The first female chancellor in the history of Great Zhao. Born to a humble family, she climbed to the top of the court through her ingenuity and ruthlessness, wading through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. She is the sole surviving orphan of that very old case. In the third year of Yuanhe, an old treason case long considered settled was reopened after a chance discovery of physical evidence, shaking the entire nation. The princess, sequestered deep within the palace, is ordered to investigate. She presses forward at every turn, her accusations pointing straight at the chancellor. The female chancellor remains firmly ensconced at the heart of the court, leaving no opening. As she withstands the assault of the imperial clan and great houses, she quietly probes the princess's motives. One wields imperial authority, the other holds the power of the chancellorship. Though they stand only a short distance apart within the palace, the court stretches between them like a distant battlefield. Every place is a chessboard. They are sovereign and subject, sworn enemies, and old acquaintances bound by the same bloody past. Will they follow the old case to uncover every conspiracy and take revenge on the enemies of the past, or set aside their grudges and join hands to protect Great Zhao? In the palace hall, every move decides life or death. Love and power, vengeance and duty: they have never been easy to reconcile.