"The Grudge of Xiling" tells the complicated emotions and fate between Lin Yu'an, the granddaughter of the Lin family in Beijing, and Pei Yicheng, the prince.
The story begins when Lin Yu'an was a child. Lin Yu'an was married to Prince Pei Yicheng by the Empress Dowager since birth. Lin Yu'an's brother Lin Yukang and the Thirteenth Prince Pei Yizhou also grew up together. When she was eight years old, Lin Yuan made an agreement with the Supreme Emperor to go to Mobei to quell the chaos in two years. During these ten long years, Pei Yizhou was always by her side. However, Lin Yu'an never noticed Pei Yizhou's deep affection for her.
During the ten years in Mobei, Lin Yu'an and Pei Yicheng kept exchanging letters, and Pei Yicheng had already taken a concubine in the East Palace. Ten years later, Lin Yuan returned and became a famous general. In the same year, Pei Yicheng married her in an eight-carriage sedan chair. However, Pei Yicheng, who ascended the throne, failed to fulfill his promise to make Lin Yu'an the queen.
When Lin Yu'an was twenty-four years old, she gave birth to a princess named Wangcheng for Pei Yicheng. However, on the second day after giving birth, she was shocked to discover that Pei Yicheng was the mastermind behind the Lin family's rebellion. He pretended to be the queen for Lin Yuan, but in fact there was an unknown secret hidden behind it. The death of more than a hundred members of the Lin family, including her biological brother and maid Aying Ayue, left Lin Yuan devastated.
Pei Yizhou could only feel sad because he could not enter the palace. After seeing Cheng and Hairpin, Lin Yuan chose to leave, her heart already dead. After Pei Yizhou learned about this, his hair turned gray overnight, and he left three days later.
