Jiang Zhaoxue, the capital's most talented young lady, was engaged to Cui Zhao of Qinghe. After years of diligent study, she was unexpectedly rejected by her fiancé, becoming the laughingstock of the entire capital overnight. Expelled from her academy, shunned by friends and relatives, and mistreated by her cruel father and stepmother, she was forced to kneel in a snowstorm during the bitter winter and suffered a dangerously high fever. In the midst of the storm, Jiang Zhaoxue stopped Zhou Gutang, a lame young master of the Zhou family infamous as a living devil, and impulsively asked him to marry her. Zhou Gutang reached out and pulled her out of her misery. He agreed to marry her, shield her from rumors, and help her reclaim her glory. Finally letting go of the man to whom she had wasted half her life, Jiang Zhaoxue exposed her family's cruel deeds. With Zhou Gutang's unwavering devotion and protection, she turned her fate around and found a happy ending.