In the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Yu Wan, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Ningguo, drew her last breath in a dilapidated courtyard. Filled with bitter hatred for her husband, Shen Yichuan, and her half-sister, Yu Yao, she was reborn five years into the past.
When Yu Wan awoke in her reborn life, she discovered she had returned to the eve of her coming-of-age ceremony. Her mother had died only six months earlier, and her father, Yu Hong, was preparing to make his favored concubine, Madam Liu, his principal wife.
Yu Wan recalled how Madam Liu and her daughter had gradually brought about her and her younger brother's deaths in her previous life. This time, she resolved to protect her brother, Yu Jin, and expose her enemies for who they really were.
At her coming-of-age ceremony, Yu Wan cast aside the timid manner she had shown in her previous life and displayed the bearing of the marquis's legitimate daughter, drawing the attention of the guests, including Ji Linyuan, heir to the Prince of Zhenbei, who had come to offer his congratulations.
