In her previous life, Qin Zhaoyue married Pei Nianzhi after throwing the embroidered ball to choose a husband. However, he treated her as a tool to atone for his childhood sweetheart, Ruan Qingqiu, subjecting her to endless humiliation until she died a tragic death in a brothel. Reborn, she avoids Pei Nianzhi and insists on throwing the embroidered ball to Si Yueguan, an unusual-eyed stable hand, and joining him on his military campaign. Si Yueguan secretly loves Zhaoyue and works tirelessly to earn military merit, hoping to become worthy of her. After being reborn, Pei Nianzhi realizes his mistakes and becomes obsessively determined to win her back, secretly plotting against the Qin family. Ruan Qingqiu is also reborn. She pretends to approach Si Yueguan while cruelly plotting the deaths of Zhaoyue's parents. Filled with grief and fury, Zhaoyue fights back, personally killing Ruan Qingqiu and Pei Nianzhi before executing the corrupt emperor. Si Yueguan, who is actually a prince living under an assumed identity, loses his sight after being ambushed but still leads his troops to repel the northern barbarians. In the end, he ascends the throne and becomes emperor.