A wealthy lord accuses his enslaved woman of stealing his gemstone before the Imperial Commander. She confesses, and the Commander sentences her to death in the snake pit. However, a crisis interrupts: the Queen's dragon egg is dying. The woman, revealed to be a skilled dragon caretaker, saves the egg by correcting a fatal error. Impressed, the Commander suspends her execution, ordering her to care for the egg until it hatches. Now, her life hangs on the successful incubation of the royal egg.