On New Year’s Day, Shen Huaimin mistakes Ye An for Lin Fengwan. The next day, when he goes to see Ye An, he notices that she always has fresh bruises. He learns that her father is responsible. Feeling guilty, he later marries her, and they begin a marriage that turns into love. A former court minister, convicted of treason, plots to attack the capital, Dongjing. Shen Huaimin captures him and is promoted straight to a second-rank official. Ye An gives him her own years of life. On his second expedition, Yang Chu seizes the chance to set a fire and kill the emperor, then takes the throne for himself. When Shen Huaimin hears the news, he rushes back after winning the battle to save her. After countless trials, during the final battle, he is struck through the heart by an arrow and dies of poison: his blood melts the snow, and the life-jade shatters as he perishes.
