The village girl Le Chen saves the life of Xu Jing, an ugly man who fell from the sky in a strange flying ball. She cures his coal-black face, but the disaster leaves her home destroyed and herself badly injured. He takes her to the capital so she can uncover her origins and seek revenge, offering her nothing but false affection. But Xu Jing deliberately deceives and uses her, and even hides the fact that he has married someone else.
After the struggle for the throne ends, the identities of the village girl Le Chen and Xu Jing are reversed. Yet Xu Jing uses his military power to force Le Chen into marriage.
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Xu Jing was once a loyal subject. After being reborn, he will stop at nothing to get revenge, even if it means using Le Chen, the woman who saved his life. He schemes to exploit her help and take advantage of her beauty. But when she suddenly leaves, he finally realizes that everything he has done is but a drop in the ocean. Without her, the rest of his life holds no hope…
