Yu He is not the late emperor's daughter and has no royal blood. Her elder brother brings her out of the Cold Palace and treats her with great care, so she develops romantic feelings for him. For the sake of power, he betroths her to Gu Changfeng, the General of the North.
She is deeply dissatisfied with her husband and is always cruel to him. When the rebel army approaches, her brother abandons her in the old imperial city. Her husband, clad in golden armor, fights his way in, only to die from his grievous wounds. Her heart is thrown into turmoil.
Reborn once more, she wants to treat him a little better.