Qiao Wan fished a drowning poor man out of the river bend. Seeing his great strength, she forced him to chop firewood to pay off his debt and even made him pretend to be her husband to hold her ground. Little did she know that this man covered in firewood ash was actually Prince Jing, Jiang Yan, who faked his death to avoid disaster. He hid in the town to investigate a major case of enemy collusion in the grain transport, but fell in love in a bowl of ginger soup made by her. On the day his identity was exposed, the princess used an imperial edict to force him back to the capital to marry, and the mastermind behind the enemy collusion also targeted Qiao Wan. Would he protect her safely, or abandon her to board the carriage? In a chase with a disparity in status, who was lying, and who fell in love?