In the seventeenth year of the Republic of China, a small town in the south of the Yangtze River was misty and rainy. After her father died of illness, Shen Yueyin made a living by embroidery alone. By chance, she rescued Gu Xilou, the son of a wealthy businessman in Peiping, who was in danger. The two fell in love at first sight in the West Tower under the moon and made a private commitment for life. However, the Gu family has already made an engagement for Xilou with Commander Bai's daughter. Mrs. Gu sent someone to break up the two, lying that Xilou had changed her mind. Yueyin left heartbroken and found out that she was pregnant. Five years later, fate once again entangled the three of them - Bai Lusheng discovered the existence of Yueyin's mother and son, and a storm of love, hatred and redemption roared between Peking and Jiangnan...