Huo Qingtong, the orphaned daughter of a military family, takes her twin sister’s place as a bride and enters the imperial household as the Crown Prince’s consort. Her sister has eloped, and the man she is supposed to marry is Crown Prince Xiao Jingrui, who ordered the extermination of her entire Huo family.
Within the Eastern Palace, the Crown Princess is the daughter of her enemy, the favored consort is the Empress Dowager’s spy, and rival factions are deeply entrenched.
Using the methods of a military household, Huo Qingtong brings order to the Eastern Palace, only to discover that her sister did not elope: she was imprisoned. Someone is using a “Huo family daughter” as bait to lure out the remnants of the Huo forces.
Without revealing her identity, she must rescue her sister and uncover the truth behind the injustice that destroyed the Huo family.
