Young Lin Huiniang is rescued by General Lu Zheng and stays in his military camp as a cook, secretly falling in love with him. When Lu Zheng is secretly poisoned with a love-inducing toxin, Huiniang steps forward to save him. Afterwards, she leaves without saying goodbye and travels south, raising their son, Lin Ke, on her own. Six years later, the Lu family is falsely accused and stripped of their possessions. Lu Zheng is thrown into the death row prison, while his elderly parents contemplate taking their own lives. Huiniang brings her son to the capital and saves the old couple. Under the guise of an old friend, she takes care of Lu Zheng in prison, helping the family weather their hardships together. When the injustice is finally overturned, long-buried truths come to light, and the family of three, separated for six years, is finally reunited and finds its happy ending.