In her previous life, Xie Lingxue, a concubine-born daughter, was coerced by her legitimate elder sister, Xie Zhirou, into concealing the scandal of her premarital pregnancy. Afterward, her sister silenced her by forcing her to drink poisoned wine, and she died full of hatred. Reborn, Xie Lingxue appears obedient while secretly switching the abortion medicine to preserve her sister's illegitimate child. She then stages a 'Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix' spectacle at Ganlu Temple, drawing the Empress and Crown Prince to the scene and publicly exposing her sister's pregnancy. Disgraced and expelled from the family, Xie Zhirou loses her position to her younger half-sister, who becomes the Crown Princess. Unwilling to accept defeat, Xie Zhirou repeatedly conspires with her mother to frame Xie Lingxue, but every scheme is thwarted. In the end, Xie Lingxue marries in splendid style and secures the throne's phoenix seat, while her enemies from her previous life meet their deaths in the streets. She triumphantly claims everything her sister once scorned.