Five years after the fall of the Great Liang Kingdom, the vengeful spirits of the Xie family wait bitterly in the underworld for their younger sister, Xie Xiaoman, to avenge them. But to their astonishment, she is about to marry Xiao Tu, the enemy who destroyed their kingdom. The entire family of ghosts rushes to the mortal world to witness her seemingly complete obedience to him, convinced that she has fallen deeply in love. In truth, Xiaoman has spent five years pretending to be a lovesick woman while patiently concealing her true intentions. Using the wedding, she sets an elaborate plan in motion, publicly exposing the royal family's crimes before Zhengyang Gate, risking her life to thwart a conspiracy to burn the city, and joining forces with Pei Zhao of the Northern Frontier to restore peace. After finally taking her revenge, she refuses the throne and heads to the Northern Frontier with Pei Zhao, finally allowing her family in the underworld to rest easy.