After being selected into the palace, Hui Yulan thought she could rise to prominence, but because her family was poor and she had no money to bribe the eunuchs, she was bullied by other favored nobles and could not win the favor of Emperor Xianfeng, so she became discouraged. Fortunately, the man she loved, Prince Gong Yiqi, woke her up and realized that life in the palace was as fierce as a battlefield, so she decided to do everything she could to seduce the emperor and fight for power.