Shen Mingyuan, a young master from a wealthy family who returned from studying abroad, caught a glimpse of the famous actress Su Wanqing on the stage - she sang "A Dream in the Garden" with autumn frost in her eyes, and her sleeves fluttered in a bookish style. It was supposed to be a romance story about a talented man and a beautiful woman, but it was torn apart by the troubled times and revealed a hideous face: she was an orphan of the Han Dynasty who fell into prostitution, he was a pawn in the warlord's marriage, and the phrase on the stage, "Good times and beautiful scenery cannot be ignored" turned out to be a prophecy.
When the warlord's gun was pressed against her forehead, and when his name was crossed out from the family genealogy, Shen Mingyuan tightened his grip on her blood-stained silk handkerchief, only to realize that this love in this world was actually a huge gamble. Secret messages from the previous dynasty were hidden under the opera costumes, a warlord's wedding banquet lurked a murderous plan, and Su Wanqing's last murmur in his arms that night was actually half the unfinished "Peony Pavilion"...