A Battle for the World Where Truth and Lies Are Hard to Tell

Emperor Helian Bo of the Tianfeng Kingdom has over a hundred concubines, yet not a single child. He lies awake night after night, worrying, until Consort Xue finally gives birth to a princess. But the newborn, the emperor's little darling, is switched by the empress. The real princess survives against all odds and is adopted by the abbot of a temple, then later by a wealthy merchant. She grows up cherished and doted on, excelling at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and becoming highly skilled in martial arts. The fake princess runs wild in the imperial palace. Since she is the only princess among the emperor's hundred or so concubines, the emperor and the other women all spoil her rotten. She grows arrogant and ignorant. Twenty years later, the real and fake princesses meet, and their secret rivalry begins. Watch as the two princesses fight for the throne.