Shen Qingci, the concubine of the prime minister's palace, was lonely since she was a child and struggled to survive in a cold courtyard. However, she was rescued by the powerful Prince Jing Xiao Jue in a desperate situation. She indulged in the moment of warmth he gave her and gave her all his sincerity, but she didn't know that this was just a conspiracy in the name of love. Intertwined with love and hate, she holds the blade of revenge but can't bear to let it fall, and Xiao Jue is also deeply involved in this emotion that started with calculations in the whirlpool of power. When the dust settled and the imperial power changed hands, the two of them had already been bound by the shackles of fate. They were repeatedly pulled on the edge of love and hate, and finally headed towards a fateful entanglement that was destined to end in regret.