Zheng Wuyou, the former daughter of a duke, lost her family to injustice and was rescued by her childhood sweetheart, Crown Prince Li Jinghe, only to be reduced to a concubine in the Eastern Palace. She once saw him as her salvation, but his repeated indifference and humiliation, coupled with the persecution by Crown Princess Lu Yusheng, ultimately cost her the life of her unborn child. Heartbroken, she set fire to her bedchamber, fleeing in a dramatic act of "death."
