Wei Ying Luo enters the Forbidden City as a seamstress to investigate the mysterious death of her older sister.

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Through her wit and fearlessness, she catches the eye of Empress Fuca and eventually the Emperor himself, rising through the ranks to become the most powerful woman in the palace.

The villainous Noble Consort Gao quickly labels the child a "bad omen" for the empire and orders the infant to be buried alive immediately.