After spending several years as a pampered young lady, Xu Zheng can no longer live the life of a layabout after her family falls on hard times. She takes the place of Zhou Xuzhen, a spoiled young aristocrat who was already disguising herself as a man, and is forced to put her wits and courage to the test. As she seeks revenge for Zhou Xuzhen and uncovers the truth about the Xu family, she is once again swept against her will into the power struggle between the royalists and the Sichuan-Guizhou faction... Just how many times can she use the cicada’s trick of shedding its skin and escaping by stripping away her own flesh and soul?
