When Shen Yanzhi, a top-tier star and award-winning actor, suddenly dropped to his knees on the set of the costume drama Ballad of the Great Jing and bowed to his stylist, Lin Weiwan, calling her “Your Highness” in flawless classical Chinese, a love that spanned time began to unfold.
Shen Yanzhi, a three-time award-winning actor, had an accident while filming a pivotal scene. When he woke up, he was convinced he was the character he played: Xie Yan, Grand Tutor of the Great Jing dynasty. He treated everyone according to ancient etiquette, analyzed the set’s layout using military strategy, and even mistook Lin Weiwan for the Grand Princess he had sworn to protect with his life.
Lin Weiwan was Shen Yanzhi’s personal stylist, and the ancestral jade hairpin she wore concealed a secret. This seemingly ordinary ornament was a token connecting the past and present, and Lin Weiwan herself had an unknown connection to the Grand Princess in the drama. When the hairpin began to glow in response to Shen Yanzhi’s emotions, Lin Weiwan realized that the Grand Tutor before her wasn’t simply lost in his role.
As the worlds on and off set intertwined, Xie Yan’s devotion and Shen Yanzhi’s tenderness gradually merged. He would drape a cloak over Lin Weiwan in the ancient way, yet when he briefly regained his senses, he could also say modern sweet nothings that made her heart flutter. As Lin Weiwan taught Xie Yan to adapt to modern life, she gradually lost track of whether she had fallen for the character or the man himself.
With the discovery of a fragmentary ancient text, the truth buried by history gradually came to light. Xie Yan and the Grand Princess’s love was not the tragedy written in the script, and the jade hairpin was their token of love. Lin Weiwan was a descendant of the Grand Princess. When the rift in time opened again, Xie Yan had to choose between returning to his own era and staying by Lin Weiwan’s side.
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