When the imperial edict to confiscate the house came down, the disaster risk assessor Jiang Zhaoyue transformed into the evil woman of the Hou Mansion and saw the countdown to the Yongjing earthquake in 48 hours. Her mother's family only gave her a way to escape alone, and no one in her husband's family believed her. She could only lead a group of shackled criminals to fight for their way through earthquakes, floods and bad food. But when the sluice gate that had been sealed for three years was opened, she discovered that it was not just natural disasters that were waiting for the Xie family.