Xiao Deyin is a princess of the realm, born into a powerful family and raised alongside the Crown Prince. Since childhood, the emperor and empress dowager have chosen her to be his crown princess. One day, she will take the central palace and become the mother of the realm. She is so exalted that every noblewoman in the capital envies her good fortune.
Xiao Deyin herself believes that her life will follow the course laid out for her and pass in peace.
But then everything changes. The Crown Prince wants to take another woman as his concubine, and, disregarding years of affection, he even sides with and protects the daughter of the man who murdered her father!
Xiao Deyin swears before Heaven and her ancestors that she will never set foot in the Eastern Palace again for the rest of her life!
Just as she is heartbroken and utterly despondent, Prince Jin, Li Chengming, comes to her and asks her to be his princess consort. “Marry me, and I'll avenge you.”
For the rest of their lives, he does more than avenge her: he becomes the first emperor in Great Qi's history to abolish the imperial harem for her...
