Everyone laughs at her, seeing only an unattractive, plump maid sent along as part of a bride's dowry.
No one knows that she is the true white moonlight the tyrant has hidden in his heart.
Her mother is trapped in a foreign land and has lost her mind. To save her loved ones, she enters the game alone and personally pushes the man she loves into another woman's arms.
Layer upon layer of the past is revealed: the male lead's mother guards an old secret from the inner palace, while the heroine's mother protects the lifeline of the realm.
The two mothers are deeply connected, and together they hold the key to the game of power shaking the world.
Love and hatred intertwine as political schemes unfold. She and the tyrant put on an act, search for medicine, and use the secrets of their two lineages to unravel conspiracy after conspiracy. Together, they wage war and build a great empire.
