Jiang Li was granted a marriage by the emperor to the regent Xiao Yan, the enemy who killed her mother. It was originally a vicious plan of the emperor to check and balance the Jiang and Xiao families, but she happily accepted the order, just for revenge. When she was left out on her wedding night, she showed her power in public and forced her concubine to kneel down and serve tea. When she was framed at the palace banquet, she calmly exposed the conspiracy. At the Qianqiu banquet, she spoke out about being left out and was accidentally rewarded by the emperor for protection.
She secretly planned to find out the truth about her mother's injustice, used a fake pregnancy to lure the snake out of the hole, brought down the Rong family, and forced the Queen Mother to abdicate for her mother. From taking revenge step by step, to accidentally solving the misunderstanding with Xiao Yan and gaining true love, Jiang Li finally overturned the chess game of power as a woman and won a happy life.