Su Qingwan, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Duke of Jing's household, has been married to Zhao Jinyuan, Prince Heng, for seven years without bearing him a child.
After Zhao Jinyuan fathers a child with another woman, Su Qingwan refuses to put up with it and asks for a divorce.
When trouble flares up again over the Mo Yun Fang estate, she becomes all the more determined to leave him.
Bound by the strictures of feudal propriety, she fights to break free.
Her maid Qiu Sheng stays faithfully by her side, while Zhao Jinyuan's matrons bear witness to it all.
In a feudal age, Su Qingwan writes her own chapter in the pursuit of freedom.
