She was the daughter of a guilty minister and was sent to the Jiaofangsi to become an actress. However, because of her resemblance to the former empress, she was forcibly sent to the palace by the regent and became the concubine of the new emperor.
Everyone thought she was a chess piece, but they didn't know that she was working every step of the way just to find out the truth behind the whole family being wiped out. In the harem, the Queen Mother listens to the government behind the curtain, the beloved concubine controls the six palaces, and the Queen even sets up a dragnet. And her biggest enemy was actually the regent who sent her into the palace as a substitute - he both protected her and used her; she hated him but had to rely on him.
After ten years in the palace, she went from being a humble person who was bullied by others, to overthrowing the queen step by step, defeating the beloved concubine, edging out the queen mother, and finally ascending to the phoenix throne. But when she held the jade seal, she realized that she was no longer the girl who only wanted revenge. And between her and the regent, there was hatred between the country and the family, and a power game. No one could tell whether it was use, competition, or a true love trapped in a golden cage.
The phoenix rests on the phoenix tree, and the phoenix is imprisoned in the golden cage. What she wanted was never the phoenix crown, but an answer.
