Jiang Yi lives in the oppressive Jiang family, long enduring the harsh treatment from her father and grandmother, and is even arranged into a marriage alliance with the profligate Bai Linyi. By chance, she meets Bai Heng, the head of the Bai family, and the two grow to have feelings for each other. Jiang Yi thinks Bai Heng will be her safe harbor, but upon entering the Bai family mansion, successive conflicts arise: scheming within the household, secret assassination plots, and the sudden mystery of an alleged 'illegitimate child'. On one side is her birth family's constant exploitation; on the other, the Bai family's seething power struggles. Jiang Yi grows amidst romance and crisis, striving to protect her mother while navigating this whirlpool of lies and maneuvering.