Shen Weilan, the daughter of the Shen family, a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River, has been raised in a boudoir since she was a child. She has fine clothes and fine food but is lonely in her heart.
She had no interest in the young men who came to ask for marriage, until she met the new maid Alian.
Alian's gentle, delicate and pure eyes broke into Shen Weilan's world like a ray of light. Under the constraints of feudal ethics, the master and servant developed a deep love that transcended the world.
However, this relationship was eventually shattered by secular rules. Shen Weilan was forced to get married, and Alian followed her into her husband's family as a dowry maid.
After their secret was revealed, Alian was brutally treated. In endless despair, Shen Weilan finally chose to follow Alian in the most decisive way.
Only the legend of the two shadows beside the well on a full moon night is left, telling the story of the secret and fierce "mirror-grinding" love between women in the feudal era.
Intention: Ethics destroys love, and two souls guard each other for eternity.