"The crown princess who was a woman of high virtue has brought a huge disgrace to the palace because of her jealousy, hence she shall be banished to the cold palace", the decree of the king was announced. Zixi knew better that under such circumstances until and unless she was proven innocent, no one would be willing to listen to her". "I shall obey", was the only thing she could say. Yanji had known her since she was young, so he knew that these schemes were beneath her, but he chose not to help her until she asked him to.
The days following thereafter were very hard for her. She was provided with the bare minimum for her survival. Yet, she hoped that her innocence would be proven very soon. Unbeknownst to her someone was plotting her fall and one from which she would never emerge as victorious. "My lady, General Young has been defeated in the battle and his body has arrived in the Northern Marquis mansion", informed the maid. Zixi was devastated by the news. Although her father had never supported her, she had looked up to him as her role model. He was her hero. Whenever she was in a difficult situation, she would always think about what her father would do and would act accordingly. Her attachment must have been because she had only ever known one person as her family and that was her father. "Help me beg the prince for a favor", pleaded a daughter who had lost her only living family. The prince who had the wife who had been unjustly thrown in the cold palace was brought back to his senses by the maid, but her pleas fell on deaf ears, and she was not allowed to see off her father for the last time. The king knew very well that doing so would bring a rift between the husband and wife and so it did just as he had wanted. "You are not allowed to see your father as both of you are punished because of your crime", said the crown prince who pretended not to care. If only he had known that this was his last words to her, would he have chosen it wisely?
The moment he had opened the doors of the cold palace, his eyes had fallen upon a face that had lost all its shine. He felt bad but he wanted to talk to her. He was ready to listen to any sarcasm but all he received was silence. The princess was devastated from the news, so she did not have any strength to fight. Slowly, the princess had started to fall into a state of extreme sadness. Yanji could sense that he was losing his wife, so he decided to pardon her. The news reached her, but it did not bring her any happiness. The day when she was set to leave the cold palace she suddenly fell ill and started vomiting blood. The maid in-charge of her went to bring the prince but it was all too late as he had already lost her.
His ego and insecurities fell apart and at that moment he understood the worth of the person he had lost. He decided not to grieve but to find out the truth of her death. Her food and utensils that she used on a regular basis had traces of mercury. When interrogating it was revealed that the food that was served in the cold palace was served from the Hall of Beauty (i.e., Concubine Zhao's palace) which was against the law. Enraged by the betrayal he lashed out and brought Yunxi under the court.
She was confident that the deposed prince would help her as he was also involved in the death of the princess but to her amazement, she was left to fend for herself. Yunxi was determined that she would bring down the prince along with her, but she had forgotten that the prince was shrewd and evil. She was blamed for plotting and murdering Zixi and her own child. All of the witnesses blamed her for bribing them to commit such a sin and at the end she was set to be executed.
Before she was executed, she cursed and swore that she would avenge the death of her loved ones in her next life. "You can only kill my body but not my soul, I will come back to avenge. My prince, you brought me here but even after my death I will not leave. I will haunt you and your generations to come".