In her previous life, Lu Tingzhi was poisoned to death by the man she loved, Huo Xuanzhi. Reborn at the Peach Banquet where a general was choosing his bride, she refuses to fall into the same trap again. After entering the palace, she proceeds cautiously, uncovering an old case in which the Empress Dowager ordered Concubine Zhao to poison her birth mother. Pretending to cooperate with the Empress Dowager, she secretly gathers all the evidence of treason. At the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, she exposes the conspiracy of the Empress Dowager's relatives and their faction before everyone, bringing every conspirator to justice. Her enemy Huo Xuanzhi is executed, while Lu Wanning loses her sight and repents. Finally, Lu Tingzhi lets go of her hatred and spends her life with the emperor who trusts her, free from plots and suffering ever after.