Modern girl Clara falls into a melodramatic novel and awakens as a doomed background character - a pitiful orphan destined to be sacrificed in a ghost marriage. Determined to escape her tragic fate, she schemes to win the protection of the Crown Prince. But in a twist of mistaken identity, she accidentally catches the attention of someone far more powerful: the Emperor himself - the most feared and revered man in the realm. Now, the girl who only wanted to survive must navigate a game she never intended to play.