To save her family, Shen Qingwan is forced to marry Huo Tingchen, the young marshal of Shanghai.
On their wedding night, he drunkenly calls out his one true love's name and tosses her a contract. “Sign it. You're only her stand-in.”
She tucks away the pride she gained while studying abroad and endures three years in the family mansion, secretly practicing medicine to save her country and quietly growing stronger.
Only when the moon in his heart miraculously “returns from the dead” does she leave with resolve. “The contract has expired. We owe each other nothing.”
As war rages across the land, she saves lives on the battlefield and becomes the legendary “Doctor Su” he can never have.
The once-proud young marshal sets aside all his pride and searches desperately for her through the smoke of war. “Qingwan, you were always the one I loved.”
As the country falls and the land is torn apart, one of them plots and strategizes on the secret front while the other fights desperately on the front lines.
From the foreign concessions of Shanghai to the top of Tiananmen Gate, they cross half a lifetime of war and separation.
Huo Tingchen finally understands that the one he must protect was never an old moonbeam, but the woman who stands beside him and lights up an entire era.
“I give my life to my country, and my heart to you.”
“With the land as witness, this love will never fade.”
