The moment Yongzheng is reborn is also the lowest point in Consort Hua’s life. She is no longer the magnificent Consort Hua who once commanded the palace. Now, Lady Nian is being thoroughly humiliated by the Guoerjia clan. Seeing this fills Yongzheng with remorse. Memories of the past come flooding back, and he realizes that perhaps Consort Hua was the only one who truly loved him.
But little does he know that while the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole waits behind: Consort Hua is no longer the woman she once was.
