After transmigrating into another world, her soul returns to life in the body of a hapless woman raising a young child alone. She gets caught up in a struggle for power at court, and to escape the danger, flees with her child to the countryside, hoping only to find a peaceful corner of the world. But before the turmoil has even settled, the child's father tracks them down. He wields great power and harbors secrets, drawing her and the child back into the whirlpool. With danger ahead and old grievances unresolved, she is determined to protect her child. But between love and power, safety and peril, which path will lead them to survival?