In order to avenge her father, Xue Jian disguised herself as a man and sneaked into the imperial hospital. She became a valet of the empress dowager who killed her father and planted the mother-child poison. However, she was repeatedly assassinated by the emperor Ming Yuheng, who was hostile to the empress dowager. During the fight between the two, the emperor secretly fell in love with Xue Jian. After the veil slipped, Xue Jian's identity was revealed. The two joined forces to defeat the tyranny of the Queen Mother and finally got married.