At eighteen, Ye Jingjing was a tea-serving scullery maid at Suzhou's Manyue Tower. To protect her daughter, her mother, Ye Manyin, had always made her dress as a boy. One day, after a sudden kidnapping, Ye Jingjing unexpectedly met Wang Weizhen, the son of Suzhou's imperial merchant, and fell in love with him at first sight. On their journey to Chang'an, she also met Liu Feiyi, a refined tea merchant, and happened upon the domineering Fifth Prince Li Gengye while he was out of the palace for a stroll. On her way back to Suzhou, she met Yan Juntian, the leader of Qingmu Stronghold, for reasons she could hardly have anticipated. Ye Jingjing's life was destined to become anything but peaceful ever again…
