The heroine, Yiluo, lived happily with her mother, Shangguan Luyun, until she was five years old and saw her mother die after drinking the poisoned wine bestowed by the emperor. As she lay dying, her mother told Yiluo that her father was the current emperor, and that she had a twin sister in the palace. Determined to avenge her mother, Yiluo trained in martial arts every day under the tutelage of her mother’s sister, Shangguan Luxia. At twenty, Shangguan Yiluo sneaks into the palace and takes her sister’s place as a princess. There, she meets the gentle Consort Ning, chooses Xiao Chen as her prince consort, and comes to understand her “father” more deeply.
What will Yiluo’s life in the palace be like? How will things end between her and Xiao Chen? Just as Yiluo raises her sword to take revenge, someone tells her a secret that has been hidden for more than a decade…
