Shen Qingli, an orphan girl from the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, was imprisoned as a substitute and humiliated in every possible way because she looked exactly like Xie Minghua, the deceased wife of Xiao Jue, the prince of Jingnan. She endured and lay dormant, stirred up the storm through her alliance with Gu Linyuan, a remnant of the previous dynasty, and struggled to move forward in love, hatred and revenge.