An Ruo was a concubine-born daughter of the Chancellor’s household. In her previous life, her innocence and misplaced trust led her to be betrayed by her legitimate elder sister, her beloved, and her family’s powerful allies, until she died unjustly. Reborn with her memories intact, she resolves to change her fate. But as a woman in an ancient world governed by strict Confucian rules, she faces countless obstacles.
At court, the old palace system is rotten, and powerful factions are deeply entrenched. In her family, her legitimate elder sister envies her talent and joins forces with their elders to suppress her. Her beloved, tempted by the lure of power, conspires with the family’s powerful allies to frame her. An Ruo must not only contend with her enemies’ overt and covert attacks, but also uphold her sense of justice in the face of impossible choices. She knows the deadly secrets of the palace from her previous life, and if they come to light, every faction will hunt her down.
At the start of her quest for revenge, An Ruo lacks power, and the emotional wounds of her past life also cloud her judgment in matters of the heart. But she uses her ability to “foresee the future” to lay her plans with care. With a countdown looming until palace conspiracies target her family, she races to expose the plots. Though her enemies’ schemes draw her into lie after lie and misunderstanding, leaving her misunderstood by everyone, she never wavers.
In the end, An Ruo takes her revenge and overturns the rotten clan system and old palace order. Yet victory comes at a bitter price: some of the people she cherished are gone. Still, along the way, she transforms from an innocent concubine-born daughter into a master of political intrigue and writes a legend of her own.
