In the early years of the Republic of China, the Pei family, a family of incense makers, was famous for its incense in the south of the Yangtze River and was loved by all walks of life. With a century of sincerity and credibility, the business was getting better and better, but it also attracted the jealousy of villains in the industry. A long-planned conspiracy dragged the Pei family, which had a century-old reputation, into the abyss.
There was a daughter of the Pei family who, in order to clear the family's grievances and clear the name of her father who died unjustly, did not hesitate to use her lifelong happiness to marry the commander of Shanghai City, Cheng Huncheng, who was ten years older than her. After the marriage, she used his power to finally get what she wanted. The truth was made known to the public, and the people behind this conspiracy also received the retribution they deserved.
As the commander-in-chief of one party, Cheng Huncheng, despite being extremely powerful and having many wives and concubines at home, still had a shortcoming in his heart, that is, in his thirties, he did not have a son to live by. He married the daughter of the Pei family, on the one hand, to fulfill his master's instructions, and on the other hand, to complete the task of passing on the family line.
The marriage between the two of them was originally a relationship of mutual use, but as they got along again and again, this relationship gradually changed subtly...