In her previous life, Luo Wanqing, the daughter of a distinguished military family, sacrificed herself to save Empress Nian Zhen'er, only to see her entire family destroyed. Reborn just before an impending palace coup, she refuses to make foolish sacrifices again. Instead, she carefully plots her way into the palace and cleverly drives a wedge between the emperor and the empress. But to her surprise, the empress has also awakened memories of her previous life. The two reborn women begin a secret battle of wits. Luo Wanqing gathers her former allies and mobilizes her family's military forces. Using the rebellion of the noble clans as an opportunity, she eliminates the empress's maternal family and dismantles the emperor's power. She supports her own son in ascending the throne, clears her family's long-standing grievances, takes control of the imperial court, and personally seizes the prestigious position that should have belonged to Nian Zhen'er.