被冠以弑父罪名流放荒原的公主凤漓，七年后以妖君之名重归墨城。她在姨母孟妩操控的雀楼盛宴中，选中了身份成谜的东篱遗孤云湛。一场表面荒淫的选奴戏码，实则是凤漓对各方势力的血腥清洗。云湛以雀奴身份步步逼近，既是刺杀目标，亦是故人重逢，两人竟是幼时在荒原相依为命的患难之交。凤漓借疯批人设暗中追查弑父真相，云湛假意臣服伺机报仇复国，却在虚情假意的耳鬓厮磨间深陷情网。当凤漓发现云湛腰间烙印认出故人，当云湛目睹她呕血仍含笑饮毒，伪装尽碎。姨母孟妩的傀儡阴谋，西岐少主的和亲棋局，东篱旧部的复仇烈焰，皆在女君大婚之日引爆。终凤漓手持虎符踏碎阴谋，云湛为她背离复国大业，两个从地狱爬出的灵魂，在血色王座上相拥。
万琳为报母仇，潜伏在麦城地下势力太子爷傅衍身边三年。婚礼上，维安组织抓捕行动中，傅衍被万琳射伤。再遇后，二人从敌对到相知，万琳逐渐接受傅衍的真心。傅衍协助清扫地下势力，最终与万琳携手，终结仇恨，迎来新生。
穆云清（于轩晨 饰）和夫人余映晚（李佳洁 饰）为保护城主令双双被杀。余映晚醒来发现自己重生了，而穆云清对她却极为厌恶。为了查出真凶，余映晚留在城主府见招拆招，却发现穆云清也是重生而来。幕后主使伺机而动，他们能否改写命运……
As Leo's replacement Thomas Chamberlain arrives Nikki investigates the murders of Rachel Freedman, shot in the head, and her little autistic son Nathan, who was poisoned. Nikki rejects policewoman Anne Burchett's theory that Rachel killed them both but is perturbed when an impostor, claiming to be Rachel's sister, visits the morgue. At the same time the disfigured corpse of Eva Liron is discovered, killed with the same poison as Nathan. She had been the nanny to French hot shot footballer Isaac Dreyfus and was planning to blackmail him over a sex tape of them both. Jewish Isaac is a controversial figure due to his anti-Muslim sentiments but he denies ant part in the murders. Then another victim, Isaac's agent Mousa, is discovered dead.
