During the Lantern Festival in the 17th year of the Republic of China, the color of snow and palace lanterns in the Forbidden City intertwined with each other to create a depressing and romantic background. An Ran, a former Jinling female student whose family was in ruins, was forced to enter the palace and became an inconspicuous member of the marshal's harem. In the past three years, she only had the plum blossom hairpin left by her young neighbor, now the head of the guard, Nuokang, as a solace for her to live in silence. At the Lantern Palace Banquet, the two reunited across the barriers of palace walls and identities, and their eyes met each other filled with forbearing longing. Under the winter plum tree in the imperial garden, Nuokang handed her a male and female warm jade and promised to take her out of the palace. However, the brief reunion was interrupted unexpectedly. The third concubine's sinister gaze has been fixed on this forbidden love, and the undercurrent of competition for favor in the palace is surging. The love between An Ran and Nuokang is like a cold plum blooming proudly in the wind and snow. Under the heavy shackles of the palace walls in troubled times, they fight against the unknown fate with tenacity and persistence, and hold on to the expectation of being together for life in despair.
