Su Wan, a cultural relic restorer, transmigrates into the body of a disgraced minister’s daughter in the Great Jing dynasty because of a thousand-year-old silver hairpin engraved with the words “May Wan Niang find peace.” She ends up in the residence of Xiao Jue, the regent.
She knows her history: three years from now, this iron-fisted regent will be tortured to death by dismemberment during a palace coup. She does everything she can to defy fate, yet with every step she takes, she pushes the tragedy closer to its destined end. Trapped in a web of political intrigue, he protects her by humiliating her. Guided by her modern principles, she longs to stand at his side, not live under his protection. They fall in love across a thousand years, but every moment of their love feels like walking on the edge of a blade.
