Bitter winter winds cut through the land. Zhaozhao, an orphaned young girl, braves heavy snow to seek medicine for her gravely ill mother, Wen Shiyi. She trudges through the freezing snow, desperate to find the cure that might save her mother’s life. Yet when she finally returns home, the horrific sight greets her: her mother has taken her own life, wrongfully accused, her blood staining the snow-covered ground. Before her mother’s body can even be laid to rest, the cruel landlady schemes to sell Zhaozhao to a brothel for profit. Trapped in this hopeless predicament, Zhaozhao faces destruction with nowhere to turn.
At this critical moment, Pei Rongjing, the Regent who wields immense power over the entire court, passes by the place. He is struck the instant he sees Zhaozhao, for her features bear a striking resemblance to his own. Moved by this uncanny likeness, he makes an immediate decision to take her in as his adopted child.
From a helpless, destitute pauper with no one to rely on, Zhaozhao suddenly rises to noble status as Princess Changle. She moves into the Regent’s Manor, stepping into a world of luxury and power she has never known. This fateful adoption completely upends her miserable fate. Though she escapes death and the brothel’s clutches, her new life within the manor is only the start of her journey, as she carries the grief of her mother’s wrongful death while navigating the intrigues of noble life.
