The story takes place in the early Qianlong years of the Qing Dynasty. A young girl, Wei Yingluo (played by Wu Jinyan), was selected into the palace along with a group of beautiful girls of the same age. Yingluo is beautiful, smart, and thoughtful, but her original intention of entering the palace is different from other girls. Because her sister was murdered, Yingluo is determined to enter the Forbidden City to track down the murderer. She mistakenly thought that the emperor's brother Fu Heng...