When modern office worker Yun Qingqing opens her eyes, she has become a married woman in the Ming Dynasty. Beside her are a timid, wary child and a husband with an icy gaze.
The original owner has left her a mess: the rice jar is empty, troublesome neighbors keep coming around, and the child can barely get enough to eat. Just when things seem hopeless, strange guidance always appears...
She uses her “inspiration” to improve their meals, and the child’s face grows softer. She offers her husband some medicinal herbs, and a ripple stirs in his cold eyes.
Trouble from the shadows soon finds her, and it turns out to be connected to political intrigues at court. She and her husband face it together. The ice between them begins to melt, the child grows attached to her, and something changes in his eyes.
What secrets is this young wife hiding? Watch her lead the whole family out of hardship and become the talk of the capital...