Li Li, a concubine-born daughter of the Li family, has a gentle and tranquil personality. By a twist of fate, she mistakenly marries Xiao Ze, a scholar who appears poor and down-and-out. She does not mind the impoverished family background, living a peaceful ordinary life, and remains steadfastly by Xiao Ze's side without abandoning him when he is persecuted, severely injured, and falls on hard times, devoting all she has to care for and accompany him attentively. Xiao Ze is actually the orphan of the former dynasty's Prince of Jin, biding his time and plotting step by step for years until he finally holds supreme power over the court, bestowing all his heartfelt tenderness and partiality upon this girl who unexpectedly stumbled into his life.