The Lin family is brutally wiped out. The only survivor, Lin Lingzhi, has nothing but a jade pendant and a sachet. Little by little, she clears away the mist, follows the clues, and hunts for her family's killers! She encounters the emperor on the street while he is traveling incognito, and gives him an antidote after discovering he has been poisoned. Disguised as a maid named Xiao Feng, she enters the prime minister's residence to investigate her enemies. There, she happens upon Qiao Qingrou, the prime minister's daughter, who is being conspired against by her own family. Lin Lingzhi helps Qiao Qingrou escape danger, then takes her place as the young lady of the prime minister's household and enters the palace as a consort. Facing one challenge after another, she uses her superb medical skills to avert crisis after crisis. When the emperor discovers that his beloved Noble Consort is Lin Lingzhi, daughter of the renowned physician Lin, he cherishes her all the more and makes her empress. Together, they fight the Empress Dowager Qiao and the prime minister, who covet the throne. With the help of Qiao Qingrou, General Yang Li, Boss Zhu, and others, they gradually weaken their power and bring down their regime... at last avenging the Lin family and the loyal heroes who died unjustly.
