The novel tells the story of Mrs. Sheng who, after her tragic death in her previous life, was unexpectedly reborn back to her fifteenth or sixteenth year old girlhood. At that time, she was still Xu Wanzhi, the legitimate daughter of Yongyi Hou Mansion. Carrying a lifetime of memories and pain, she is determined to completely reverse her fate and never make the same mistakes again. The core plot revolves around how she uses the wisdom of her previous life to avoid the superficial Sheng Tanhua (Sheng Hong's father) and choose a new path in life. In the process, she gradually builds up her own power to deal with the undercurrents of her family and the times.