Rumor has it that Prince Xiao, a man of noble birth and vast learning, was born with a curse that doomed his wives. Five of his princess consorts had died one after another.
Strange things also happened constantly within Prince Xiao's residence, where deaths were frequent. First, concubines and maids died, then a secondary consort, while reports of hauntings left everyone in a panic.
The second daughter of the Lu family, regarded as an ill-omened person, was forced to take the place of the eldest legitimate daughter and marry into Prince Xiao's household to bring the prince good fortune. To put it bluntly, she was nothing more than a scapegoat abandoned by the Lu family.
In Prince Xiao's residence, shrouded in mysteries and peril at every turn, what trials will this woman, who hides her true abilities, have to face?