Young Ono no Komachi enters the service of the imperial palace and becomes a maid of honor to one of the concubines. Soon she encounters an inexplicable phenomenon: a mysterious flying golden palanquin appears on the outskirts of the capital Heian. The young maid of honor marries a brilliant guardsman. However, he dies while suppressing an uprising in one of the remote provinces. To drown out the pain of loss, the maid of honor uncontrollably devotes herself to poetry. The Empress, the Jade Lady, highly values Ono no Komachi and her work. And soon the girl becomes her maid of honor. She will have to unravel the mystery of the Plum Pavilion, unravel a series of mysterious events in the capital Heian, and prevent an attempt on the life of the emperor.