The palace struggle runs through the whole history of Chinese monarchy politics. No matter the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the period of unification, or the Three Kingdoms, the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, or the Ten Kingdoms in the period of division, they have all experienced endless and cruel palace struggles. However, in the historical narrative, the court politics of the Song Dynasty was like a clean stream, which was a model of imperial power politics of brothers, friends, brothers, brothers, wives, fathers, sons, filial piety, monarchs, saints and officials. Is that really the case? From the perspective of court politics, this book focuses on the key events in the court political struggle of the Song Dynasty, such as Chen Qiao's mutiny, the sound of the axe and the shadow of the candle, the alliance of Chanyuan, and the coup of Shaoxi. It breaks away from the shackles of the existing conclusions, tries to find clues that are not covered and beautified from historical materials, and restore the changes of the political power of the court of the Song Dynasty, To explore the truth of the court struggle in the Song Dynasty to the greatest extent. The book divides the political history of the Song Dynasty into four periods, namely, the emperor, the empress dowager, the emperor and power, revealing the complicated factional struggles in the political power center of the Song Dynasty in different periods, and their impact on the historical trend, so as to understand the history of the Song Dynasty from another perspective.