Su Qingwu, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yongchang, is gentle and gentle. She should have been the jewel in the hands of the Marquis, but she has lived in the shadow of the schemes of her concubine Su Wanrou and her beloved concubine Zhao since childhood. Aunt Zhao relied on being pampered and secretly instigated relationships within the Hou Mansion, and she also hid the evil intention of "doting on concubines and destroying wives"; Su Wanrou appeared to be well-behaved, but in fact she was deeply scheming. She was jealous of Su Qingwu's identity and glory as her legitimate daughter, and she planned to frame her at every turn.
During a trip, Su Wanrou and Aunt Zhao teamed up to poison Su Qingwu with mute medicine, then faked an "accident" in which the carriage axle broke, pushed her down a steep slope, and left her to die in the wilderness. On the verge of death, Su Qingwu's overwhelming resentment attracted the messenger of Destiny Pawn Shop. She pawned her most precious love in her life in exchange for the opportunity to return to the Marquis' mansion and live a new life.
Returning to Tinglan Waterside Pavilion, Su Qingwu thought that Shen Yanci, her childhood sweetheart and whom she had been with since childhood, would be her only support. However, she unexpectedly discovered that the "accident" that killed her was not only the mastermind of Su Wanrou and Aunt Zhao, but also the participation and acquiescence of Shen Yanci - the young man who had promised her a stable life had already abandoned the old friendship due to interests and calculations.
Su Qingwu saw clearly the hypocritical faces of everyone in the Hou Mansion. Although her throat was silent, a burning fire of revenge was ignited in her heart. She put away the gentleness of the past, worked step by step, and secretly laid a dragnet, vowing to let Su Wanrou, Aunt Zhao, even her eccentric and cruel father Su Chengan, and the treacherous Shen Yanci all experience the pain she had suffered.
On the way to revenge, Su Qingwu caught the attention of the current prince due to a chance coincidence. The prince admires her