Su Jin, the former empress, is framed by the harem faction led by Yan Yunli. After her family is destroyed, she is sentenced to death. Reborn through the coral bracelet she carries, she becomes Fang Youyi, the most celebrated courtesan of Linglong Pavilion. Assuming a false identity, she enters the imperial palace and carefully advances her plans through her intelligence and beauty, settling scores with her enemies one by one. After finally achieving her revenge, she discovers that Emperor Helian Jue has known her true identity all along and paid for her resurrection with his own life.