Gu Qingwan, the legitimate daughter of a military family, is forced into the palace as a hostage because her father and brothers have become too powerful for the emperor’s comfort. Faced with the deep-palace intrigues and the relentless pressure of a villain turning ever more ruthless, she conceals her claws behind a persona of spoiled, foolish recklessness, all while secretly laying her plans. She and the cold-faced prince Xiao Jingtan, caught in the struggle for the throne, go from warily eyeing each other to joining forces against their enemies. Relying on each other through life-and-death trials, they pierce the layers of deception surrounding the court and harem, and eliminate every powerful official and foe who tries to snuff out their chance to survive.
