In her previous life, the heroine Shen Xiyue was framed and banished to the Cold Palace, where she was killed by the empress. She is reborn four years earlier, during the selection of new consorts, and decides to take revenge, remove every obstacle in her way, and claim the throne as empress. She gets Chu Xiyuan to disgrace herself before the emperor, who, remembering her past service, confines her to Changchun Palace. Shen Xiyue receives the Empress's Seal and is put in charge of the Six Palaces. Driven by jealousy, Chu Xiyuan repeatedly schemes against Shen Xiyue and is sent to the Cold Palace. Unwilling to accept her fate, she writes to the Prince Regent and joins him in rebellion. In the end, Shen Xiyue becomes empress and gives birth to a son and a daughter.
