She was just a little beggar, but a deal turned her into the Clear Radiance Consort, who was rumored to be destined to become empress. To her dismay, she ended up taking her place in the Cold Palace. She causes a scene in the Cold Palace, picks fights with the guards, gets entangled with the Imperial Preceptor, and becomes the Crown Prince's enemy. And there's more: it turns out... she'd even met the emperor before. They actually forced her to... But when those nobles see the woman whose eyes were once so clear, now transformed into a stranger, pain ripples through their hearts. Who, exactly, should repay her for all that fate has taken from her?