Princess Ji Xi of Daying, escorted by her maid Xiao Yu, attempted to flee the palace but was intercepted by Lady Xu Wanwan of Zhennan and Xu Chaoguang, a lackey of the Eastern Palace. Xu Chaoguang was determined to kill the princess, despite her being his former wife and having helped him eliminate the Prince of Zhennan, Huan Jiuyuan. Xu Wanwan also confessed that she had seized the painting to secure her position as the princess consort. Overwhelmed with grief, Ji Xi chose to fight back desperately, yet she was ultimately stabbed to death by the Xu family's guards. Before her death, Ji Xi wished that if there were an afterlife, she would make the Xu family pay. Unexpectedly, the princess was indeed reborn, returning to three years prior, the moment when Xu Wanwan and Xu Chaoguang were still vying with her for the Shan He She Ji Tu at the imperial birthday banquet...
