Wen Yunqing, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Rites, died in the marriage envied by all of the capital.
When she opened her eyes again, she had become Pei Zhen, an inconspicuous young lady of the Pei family.
To uncover the truth behind her death, she made her way forward carefully, lying low in secret while wearing this new body.
Then, at a palace banquet, she encountered the prince Jiang Chengbai, who appeared as bright and gentle as the moon but was unfathomable beneath the surface.
Because she knew the palace too well, she eventually let her guard slip.
"Second Young Lady Pei?" The man's gaze lowered slightly. His tone was gentle, yet his probing words carried a deadly edge. "Or... Second Young Lady Wen?"
With him pressing her at every turn, she decided to play along and enter the game of her own accord.
She revealed a closely guarded secret about Jiang Chengbai from her previous life, striking a dangerous bargain with him.
In public, they were a prince and princess consort who treated each other with respect. In private, they were scheming strategists and blades, each using the other.
Until the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Rites, who should have been reduced to ashes, suddenly appeared in the capital.
That power-hungry woman was wearing Wen Yunqing's body and working for the villain.
Wen Yunqing realized with a shock that she wasn't the only one whose soul had been switched.
Pei Zhen had been switched too.
An unseen pair of hands was pushing her and Jiang Chengbai step by step toward a dead end.
And the person lurking behind it all was their common enemy.
With no way out, Wen Yunqing stopped pretending. "Your Highness, just like you, I am a soul driven to the brink by this world. We have the same enemy standing behind us."
They laid all their cards on the table and stopped testing each other, entrusting one another with their backs.
She helped him plot to claim the realm; he helped her exact revenge. Together, they set a trap to expose the true puppeteer and ultimately purge the court.
Theme: Depend on no one, accept no fate as inevitable, and rewrite your destiny through your own efforts.
