She was an unfavored young concubine daughter, powerless and bullied by everyone. A decree forced her into a marriage to a prince as a way to bring good fortune, thrusting her into treacherous political plots. Facing imminent death, she quickly clings to the most powerful minister in Daqi. He is the crown prince, whose life is nearing its end, ruthless, murderous, and wielding immense power. The entire capital waits for her to be skinned and disemboweled, to be buried with the short-lived prince. But what they wait for is the prince's excessive pampering of his wife, and his killing, her arson; her robbery, his sharpening of his knives...