Chu Jinghong, the empress confined to the Cold Palace, was poisoned to death by her husband, the new emperor, and her half-sister. She was reborn at fifteen, before she had married. In this life, armed with knowledge of the future, she disguises herself as a timid young lady and dances along the razor’s edge of power and passion. She vows to make those who betrayed her pay in blood, and to reclaim the throne and dignity that are rightfully hers.