Half a year ago, the emperor traveled in disguise for disaster relief and offhandedly praised her as a rare and filial daughter. Just because of this single glance, the prime minister's daughter grew jealous and harbored hatred, fabricating a crime charge alleging that the Shen family hoarded grain for profit—her parents died wrongfully, the mourning hall was smashed, and she was sold into a brothel. Tragically dying and reborn, she returns to the mourning hall on the night before her parents' funeral. This time, she does not cry. Seizing the jade tablet, signing the death contract, and beating the Dengwen drum, she steps by step draws close to her enemies; borrowing the noble consort, summoning the empress dowager, and presenting the coiled-dragon jade pendant, she uncovers the royal family's scandals one by one. The nobles across the court are all her chess pieces.