In the Dayin Dynasty, the imperial power was stable but the power of the harem was intricate. The empress was born as a general, holding the phoenix seal but had no heirs; the noble concubine Su was favored by the Sixth Palace and had a young son; the virtuous concubine Wen seemed to be gentle, but in fact she was in collusion with the civil servants of the previous dynasty; the new beauty Shen Qingci (the heroine), whose family was in decline, entered the palace to investigate her father's old case, and worked every step of the way.
