### Story summary - **First encounter in the court**: The medical girl Wen Wan treats the prince Ji Linyuan. The two gradually develop feelings for each other as they get along day and night. Ji Linyuan is attracted by Wen Wan's medical skills and gentleness, while Wen Wan admires the prince's benevolence and ambition. - **Secret Love**: Regardless of the difference in status, the prince secretly protected Wen Wan from the difficulties of other imperial doctors, and personally taught her to read and write. The two made a lifelong vow to stay together while admiring plum blossoms in the Imperial Garden. - **Twist of fate**: A plague broke out in the north, and Wen Wan volunteered to go there. Before leaving, she spent her last night with the prince and promised to return safely. However, the plague is more dangerous than imagined. - **Life and death**: Wen Wan contracted the epidemic in the north and died. The news spread back to the capital. Ji Linyuan was devastated but could not reveal his identity, so he could only set up a mourning hall in the East Palace to pay his respects secretly. - **Truth Revealed**: After Ji Linyuan ascended the throne, he investigated and found that Wen Wan's death was actually caused by political enemies. He endured it for many years and finally avenged his lover, but he lost the love of his life forever. This writing focuses on the sadomasochistic process of Wen Wan and Ji Linyuan from acquaintance to falling in love, and then to separation between life and death, especially Wen Wan's sacrifice of herself to cure the plague, and Ji Linyuan's pain and forbearance after learning about the death of her lover.
