In the winter of the twenty-seventh year of the Southern Dynasty, Shang Que, the illegitimate daughter of the Chancellor's residence who has pretended to be insane and foolish for ten years, regains her senses during the imperial consort selection. Using the art of summoning ten thousand butterflies to pay homage, she successfully earns a place in the palace selection and astonishes everyone. As it turns out, everything has been carefully planned by her. Ten years ago, her mother, Concubine Jiang, endured humiliation and struggled to survive with Shang Que in the Chancellor's residence, yet they still could not escape persecution.