After the mourning period for her late father, the renowned physician Mu Zhihuai, ends, his daughter is ordered to return to the capital and marry Duanmu Qi, a frail young nobleman suffering from an incurable poison.
Mu Linshu investigates the cause of her father's death, intent on avenging him.
But she is drawn into the power struggles between the imperial clan and the great aristocratic families. She repeatedly teeters on the brink of death amid layers of sinister schemes, falling into one predicament after another…
The frail Duanmu Qi quietly protects his wife. Kindhearted yet burdened by many worries, Mu Linshu conceals her true feelings, while the refined young gentleman Situ Yanshu uses every means at his disposal to love the person he desires.
