The moment Su Yaorao opens her eyes, she kicks Yu Jingyao off the imperial bed. To her horror, the emperor can actually hear her inner thoughts! Desperate to escape the fate written for her in the original novel, Su Yaorao does everything she can to survive, even voluntarily requesting to be sent to the Cold Palace so she can live quietly as a couch potato. There, she befriends a group of fallen consorts and spares no expense, even selling her own belongings, to save them. Together, the sisters support one another and find warmth amid their difficult circumstances.