Bai Ning’s soul transmigrates into Bai Ningyan, a concubine-born daughter of the Bai family, the second-ranked among the Four Great Houses in an unknown dynasty from an alternate history. Bai Ningyan is not favored and knows only to keep herself safe. In the end, she dies young from a heart ailment, but the cause of the illness remains unknown. Bai Ning vows that once she uncovers the cause of Bai Ningyan’s death, she will leave.