Synopsis: Zhao Wanlin is pushed from the attic by her own younger sister. Her husband not only refuses to save her, but hangs her up in the attic so she has to watch him marry her sister. She dies consumed by hatred. After she is reborn, she vows to make everyone who hurt her pay. The first thing she does in her new life is find out how she got the scar on her face when she was eight. While searching for clues, she accidentally learns why her benefactor has been wandering far from home. When the empress learns that her young benefactor and his mother are still alive, she sends assassins after them. After hearing the news, Zhao Wanlin takes her hidden guards and helps the mother and son return to the imperial palace. Not long after their return, the emperor is assassinated, and Ouyang Chen is named his successor. The third and fifth princes refuse to accept this and prepare to rebel. When Zhao Wanlin hears the news, she goes to alert the emperor, but her younger sister finds out and tells her lover, Cheng Yan. To prove his loyalty, Cheng Yan captures Zhao Yalin and takes her before the third prince. Once Ouyang Chen learns what happened, he settles the scores from both their lives. In the end, he puts down the civil war, brings Zhao Wanlin into the palace, and makes her empress. The two live happily together.
