
After falling off a cliff, Sienna Shaw, the female chieftain of Black Cloud Stronghold, is bought and sent to the palace as a substitute for a maiden candidate. She survives in the harem using her bandit ways—robbing wicked consorts, collecting protection fees to shield the weak, and getting to know the Emperor through conflict. She counterattacks her way up from an Attendant to the Empress, quells a rebellion, reforms the harem, and ultimately finds love with the Emperor.