A sudden imperial edict revealed the truth about the child exchange sixteen years ago. Shen Weixi, who was raised in the Hou Mansion and was both talented and beautiful, was instantly transformed from a proud girl to a "fake". She was deprived of everything and moved into a miscellaneous courtyard, where she was looked down upon and bullied. The real daughter Su Waner was welcomed back to the Hou Mansion and given the omen of "Phoenix Life". She suddenly became the focus of the capital and was also involved in the whirlpool of power.
Shen Weixi was unwilling to sink. She used everything she had learned in the past sixteen years - talent, scheming, a deep understanding of aristocratic rules, and the connections she had secretly cultivated to gain a foothold in the backyard of the Hou Mansion, step by step. She not only has to deal with the open and covert attacks from the Liu family, Su Waner and the servants in the mansion, but also has to skillfully deal with the various forces that are eyeing the Hou Mansion.
As Su Waner was drawn deeper into the struggle between the harem and the court because of her "phoenix fate", the fate of the real and fake daughters was once again closely intertwined. Shen Weixi discovered that the child-exchange incident was not just a matter of greed for money. There was a bigger conspiracy hidden behind it, involving imperial power, the throne, the past events of the previous dynasty, and the mystery of her true life experience...
