The orphan girl Gu Xiaoshi was a 'slave' who was abused by her adoptive parents.
When she was seven years old, a pair of warm hands held her gently and said, "I will take you away." The next day she was disfigured by this man.
Far away from human beings and silent for ten years, she wandered into the mountains for the company of the sun and moon.
When she was seventeen years old, she went to the imperial capital alone and met three people who changed her destiny - the prince Chu Jie, the counselor Yang Gu, and the Taoist Xuanyi.
Just as the prince is seizing the throne and the storm is about to come in the court, a song of ups and downs and chaos of fate quietly plays...