Shen Zhiyi, the daughter of a merchant, enters the palace as a concubine, but becomes involved in a bloody palace battle. Concubine Shu's poisonous schemes, the previous dynasty's conspiracies, and the emperor's temptations followed one after another. When she discovers the truth about the death of Empress Duan Jing twenty years ago, when her family is falsely accused and imprisoned, and when the imperial doctor who treats her sincerely is in danger - she must learn to use resourcefulness as an edge to fight her way out in the whirlpool of power and love and hate.
