Chu Manyue, an orphan, has been Lin Heng's child bride for nine years. Every year, she seeks a fortune reading, hoping to marry him, but each time she is told that her destined marriage is terribly ill-fated. Until she accidentally discovers the truth: the supposed ill omen is nothing but a lie Lin Heng fabricated to curry favor with the powerful and marry the Imperial Preceptor's daughter. He is even willing to offer her only the position of a concubine. With her heart broken, she jokingly asks who her destined husband is. Feeling guilty, Lin Heng makes up an answer: the unconscious man at the city gate. What was meant as a careless joke becomes her destiny. Resolutely, she boards an exile carriage and risks her life to protect Xiao Jingze, the dying former Crown Prince. When the Crown Prince rises again and reclaims his position, she is gloriously crowned Crown Princess. Meanwhile, Lin Heng's schemes come to nothing. Every fortune he receives predicts disaster, and he spends the rest of his life in regret. You cast me aside like dust, so I shall become the moon of the Eastern Palace, forever beyond your reach.