Her wedding day becomes the day of her death. Sang Mu never imagined that both her father and her husband would want her life, along with the lives of her entire clan. By chance, she is reborn on the day before her wedding. She thinks that starting over will let her avert the tragedy, slaughter her enemies, and retreat into seclusion somewhere else, but fate ultimately drives her to despair. Her mother dies in her arms. Though she miraculously survives after falling into the sea, she witnesses too many vile things while wandering. Disguised as a man, she poses as the son of the prime minister, scheming against people's hearts and throwing the court into turmoil. Yet she runs into the man who watched from afar and stood by idly in her previous life. She uses him and lays traps for him, but he's too clever. The two of them become entangled in a mess of complicated, impossible-to-sever ties...
He says meaningfully, “To hate someone before you've ever loved them is dangerous.” She smiles sweetly and replies with a complete change of subject: “Is that so? Then how about I steal your wife when you marry someday?” Love her, and slaughter her whole family.