It starts with Zhen Huan's draft experience and describes her various encounters after entering the palace. In this seemingly gorgeous palace but full of intrigues and struggles, Zhen Huan relied on her intelligence, beauty and tenacity to survive in the intrigues. She faces the choice between love and power, the pressure of family honor and disgrace, and the complicated relationship with many concubines. Through delicate description, the novel shows Zhen Huan's growth and struggle in the court situation, as well as her unyielding resistance to fate.