At the Minister of Revenue's residence, a marriage selection is held. Xie Wantang's childhood sweetheart, a general, catches her elder sister's embroidered ball in front of everyone, turning Wantang into a laughingstock. Heartbroken, she prepares to honor her agreement with her father and be sent to the Regent's residence. However, Yan Jue, the powerful Regent who holds the imperial court in his grasp, requests an imperial marriage decree, offering her a lavish wedding procession stretching ten li and the position of his principal consort. On their wedding night, Xie Wantang discovers that the Regent is actually the young man she once saved. Pei Zhao finally realizes his mistake and regrets everything, but all that remains for him is to spend the rest of his life guarding the northern frontier.