Transmigrating into the body of a concubine-born daughter sent to marry in someone else’s place, she climbs out of her coffin and takes revenge on her stepmother. The cold-faced Prince Xiao Che initially ignores her, but eventually promises to take only one wife. Her obsessive former husband, Zhao Yan, is consumed by fixation and will never let her go. From the kitchens to the court, she uses modern knowledge to outwit household rivals and battle the powerful, stirring up the realm. In this life, she will be no one’s pawn: she will be the one moving the pieces.