Twenty years ago, the emperor met a talented woman named Yu Sanniang in the south of the Yangtze River. She gave birth to a boy. He brought her back to the palace and made her the "Yin Concubine". Yu Sanniang composed a music score called "The Story of Jade Butterfly". The emperor said that the man who will succeed me in the future will definitely be the man with the music score.
But later, due to civil strife in the palace, Yu Sanniang disappeared, and her life and death were uncertain.
The emperor has another beloved concubine - "Concubine Ying". The emperor likes daughters, and Concubine Ying gave birth to a girl for him. As a result, he is more favored.
Everything seems calm,
But,
Twenty years later, all peace was shattered in the fight for the throne.
In order to snatch this crucial "Jade Butterfly", the secret struggle in the palace turned to the open competition in the world. However, the young man also began a tortuous and bizarre love story...