Princess Zhaoyang was supposed to endure betrayal and torment in a tragic romance, following a storyline of chasing her husband until he finally regrets losing her. Determined to escape her predetermined tragic fate, she decisively eliminates the disloyal guards, her hypocritical cousin, and the faithless top scholar, while thwarting her wicked birth mother's schemes. Joining forces with the empress, she takes control of the military, strikes back against a hostage prince who plots rebellion, and shatters the shackles of convention to ascend the ninefold imperial throne and ultimately rule a vast and magnificent realm.